Teacher Fire
The Teacher Fire was reported on June 7, 2017 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 3,555 acres. It was declared out on July 11, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,555 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.430, -108.568.
The incident
- Size
- 3,555 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2017 at 10:46 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 6, 2017 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 11, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 11, 2017 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Snow Lake Area, County Road CAT-C021
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Reserve
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMGNF-000174
- IRWIN identifier
- E4D370AC-624E-4859-9EA1-0436AED20B4F
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 northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM49 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM49 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ50 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM51 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Morenci, AZ51 miles southwest 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 20, 2017 at 12:28 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMGNF-000174.