Soldier Canyon Fire
The Soldier Canyon Fire was reported on June 7, 2018 in Otero County, New Mexico and burned 1,270 acres. It was declared out on August 7, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2018
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.171, -105.769.
The incident
- Size
- 1,270 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2018 at 2:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 19, 2018 at 6:11 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 6, 2018 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 7, 2018 at 12:58 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- SOLDIER CANYON NORTH OF MESCALERO VILLAGE
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- MESCALERO
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMMEA-000454
- IRWIN identifier
- FD42450C-FD30-4020-8D2C-098FCC6A39B6
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mescalero, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mescalero, NMUnder a mile south of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso, NM12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso Downs, NM14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Tularosa, NM16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- La Luz, NM17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alamogordo, NM22 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 7, 2018 at 12:57 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMMEA-000454.