Cueva Fire
The Cueva Fire was reported on August 6, 2019 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 1,176 acres. It was declared out on October 11, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,176 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2019
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.320, -106.801.
The incident
- Size
- 1,176 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2019 at 2:41 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 5, 2019 at 12:25 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 10, 2019 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- The incident is located on French Mesa.
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Gallina
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,560
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMSNF-000413
- IRWIN identifier
- 0BC4A236-9114-4044-8F7C-9ABAC2EF8CEA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Teresa, NM covers the area today.
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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 October 24, 2019 at 11:41 AM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMSNF-000413.