Francisquito Fire
The Francisquito Fire was reported on July 13, 2019 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 2,021 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,021 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2019
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.449, -106.207.
The incident
- Size
- 2,021 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2019 at 3:42 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2019 at 12:25 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 7 miles north of El Rito.
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- El Rito
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $389,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMCAF-000274
- IRWIN identifier
- 5AE90462-0FF1-44A8-95BC-475EB464F948
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for El Rito, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- El Rito, NM7 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM29 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM32 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM34 miles east of the fire’s origin
- La Puebla, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2019 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 28, 2019 at 12:13 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMCAF-000274.