Ghost Fire
The Ghost Fire was reported on August 3, 2019 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 1,770 acres. It was declared out on September 5, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,770 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2019
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 33.662, -108.411.
The incident
- Size
- 1,770 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2019 at 1:48 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 12, 2019 at 11:50 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 5, 2019 at 12:40 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 5, 2019 at 12:45 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 miles north of Elk Springs Subdivision and 11 miles southeast of Reserve NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Reserve
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $35,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMGNF-000440
- IRWIN identifier
- 69C76E42-143A-4BFA-9638-78DD3A7B8111
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Eagar, AZ59 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Springerville, AZ60 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM61 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM62 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM63 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 September 5, 2019 at 12:53 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMGNF-000440.