Road Runner Fire
The Road Runner Fire was reported on August 7, 2018 in Guadalupe County, New Mexico and burned 1,936 acres. It was declared out on August 8, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,936 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.362, -105.063.
The incident
- Size
- 1,936 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 7, 2018 at 2:14 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2018 at 11:30 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 8, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 8, 2018 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 15 Miles south Of Vaughn NM
- County
- Guadalupe County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Vaughn NM
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMN4S-000647
- IRWIN identifier
- 1F86DCDD-896C-4C14-B596-8DDF1D62E0B8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Rosa, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Santa Rosa, NM45 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Estancia, NM63 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Capitan, NM64 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- McIntosh, NM66 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Moriarty, NM71 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Roswell, NM74 miles southeast 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 September 25, 2018 at 1:54 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMN4S-000647.