Gravel Fire
The Gravel Fire was reported on June 9, 2017 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 2,880 acres. It was declared out on July 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,880 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 9, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.416, -108.628.
The incident
- Size
- 2,880 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 9, 2017 at 1:47 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 13, 2017 at 5:15 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 17, 2017 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 17, 2017 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Snow Lake Area, FR 119, FR 28, FR 153S
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Reserve
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $535,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMGNF-000194
- IRWIN identifier
- 376E208D-53AF-407F-9774-81E6ED68DB21
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ46 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Morenci, AZ48 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM49 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM50 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 17, 2017 at 9:10 AM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMGNF-000194.