Organ Fire
The Organ Fire was reported on June 24, 2018 in Doña Ana County, New Mexico and burned 5,045 acres. It was declared out on July 2, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,045 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2018
- Personnel
- 37
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 32.426, -106.552.
The incident
- Size
- 5,045 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2018 at 10:11 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 2, 2018 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- July 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 15 miles East of Las Cruces, NM
- County
- Doña Ana County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- 15 miles East of Las Cruces
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 37
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $210,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMN3S-000315
- IRWIN identifier
- 69ED7F3F-0E5F-4891-B6E8-F34EDE8333B2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for White Sands, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- White Sands, NM5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- University Park, NM15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Las Cruces, NM15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Doña Ana, NM15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- San Ysidro, NM16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Mesilla, NM18 miles southwest 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 August 1, 2018 at 4:04 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMN3S-000315.