Black Fire
The Black Fire was reported on June 29, 2019 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 1,235 acres. It was declared out on August 15, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,235 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2019
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.164, -107.905.
The incident
- Size
- 1,235 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2019 at 8:10 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2019 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 15, 2019 at 8:15 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Aldo Leopold Wilderness Area, 7 mile east of Black Canyon Campground
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $40,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMGNF-000259
- IRWIN identifier
- F2509AA0-0AC9-40C2-980F-ACD8DA5E7B95
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mimbres, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mimbres, NM22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM30 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM31 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM35 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM35 miles southwest 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 August 20, 2019 at 2:08 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMGNF-000259.