Owl Fire
The Owl Fire was reported on June 30, 2018 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 4,786 acres. It was declared out on March 8, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,786 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2018
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.672, -108.978.
The incident
- Size
- 4,786 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2018 at 11:02 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2018 at 8:10 AM MDT
- Controlled
- March 8, 2019 at 3:58 PM MST
- Declared out
- March 8, 2019 at 3:58 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 12 miles west of Reserve NM, 12 miles south of Luna NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,273,191
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMGNF-000338
- IRWIN identifier
- 822B703D-EEFA-460D-9FDA-9D06AEB6463A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 8, 2019 at 4:23 PM MST. Identifier 2018-NMGNF-000338.