Crooked Creek Fire
The Crooked Creek Fire was reported on June 15, 2018 in Otero County, New Mexico and burned 7,082 acres. It was declared out on July 10, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,082 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2018
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 32.508, -105.027.
The incident
- Size
- 7,082 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2018 at 11:16 AM MDT
- Contained
- June 29, 2018 at 9:16 AM MDT
- Controlled
- July 10, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 10, 2018 at 4:20 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 23 miles ESE of Pinon New Mexico
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Hope
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMLNF-000497
- IRWIN identifier
- 3CEBBDAE-AA50-4CF1-BF0A-866555ED153B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Atoka, 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 July 10, 2018 at 4:37 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMLNF-000497.