Blanco Fire
The Blanco Fire was reported on June 22, 2018 in Harding County, New Mexico and burned 2,024 acres. It was declared out on July 18, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,024 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 22, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.947, -104.298.
The incident
- Size
- 2,024 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 22, 2018 at 5:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 5, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 11, 2018 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 18, 2018 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5.5 Miles West of Roy NM
- County
- Harding County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Roy
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $80,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMCIF-000288
- IRWIN identifier
- 01B2B815-FFED-44B0-AA7D-2F022248C279
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mosquero, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mosquero, NM22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Las Vegas, NM57 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tucumcari, NM62 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Angel Fire, NM63 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Raton, NM67 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Clayton, NM71 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 25, 2018 at 7:42 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMCIF-000288.