Escondido Fire
The Escondido Fire was reported on September 16, 2017 in McKinley County, New Mexico and burned 1,200 acres. It was declared out on October 23, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- September 16, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.498, -107.358.
The incident
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- September 16, 2017 at 4:16 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 23, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 23, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 27 Mi NE of Grants NM, Mt Taylor / Mesa Chivato
- County
- McKinley County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $190,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMCIF-000335
- IRWIN identifier
- 97B3EAB7-A152-4DF9-8A0C-149CC1C120FA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Paraje, NM covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 23, 2017 at 4:31 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMCIF-000335.