Venado Fire
The Venado Fire was reported on July 20, 2018 in Sandoval County, New Mexico and burned 4,150 acres. It was declared out on October 18, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,150 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2018
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.771, -106.803.
The incident
- Size
- 4,150 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2018 at 7:19 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 18, 2018 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 6.5 miles west of Jemez Springs, 34 miles NW of Bernalillo
- County
- Sandoval County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Jemez Springs
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,005,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMSNF-000562
- IRWIN identifier
- CA7C6FC4-9AB0-49B4-8CF7-1E0C313E2D66
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jemez Pueblo, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jemez Pueblo, NM12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM27 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, NM29 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- San Felipe Pueblo, NM31 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Enchanted Hills, NM32 miles south of the fire’s origin
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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 November 20, 2018 at 7:44 AM MST. Identifier 2018-NMSNF-000562.