Blue Water Fire
The Blue Water Fire was reported on April 12, 2018 in Cibola County, New Mexico and burned 3,473 acres. It was declared out on July 13, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,473 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2018
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.243, -108.127.
The incident
- Size
- 3,473 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2018 at 5:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- May 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- July 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 13, 2018 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 15 miles NW of Grants, New Mexico
- County
- Cibola County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Thoreau
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,410,366
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMCIF-000108
- IRWIN identifier
- 3F34BB19-50E0-4146-8316-7EF39615726B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bluewater Village, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Bluewater Village, NM8 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Thoreau, NM12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Milan, NM14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Grants, NM17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Crownpoint, NM30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Skyline-Ganipa, NM32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 July 13, 2018 at 8:07 AM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMCIF-000108.