Gurule Fire
The Gurule Fire was reported on June 7, 2019 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 2,360 acres. It was declared out on July 22, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,360 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2019
- Personnel
- 30
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.502, -106.269.
The incident
- Size
- 2,360 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 7, 2019 at 4:03 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 19, 2019 at 4:15 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 22, 2019 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 10 miles northwest of the community of El Rito.
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 30
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $465,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMCAF-000148
- IRWIN identifier
- FB3F20DF-FEAE-4083-A73A-B10C3B869117
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, NM12 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Chama, NM33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM37 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM38 miles east 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 May 7, 2021 at 2:09 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMCAF-000148.