Rawhide Fire
The Rawhide Fire was reported on August 8, 2019 in Eddy County, New Mexico and burned 10,050 acres. It was declared out on October 9, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 10,050 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2019
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 32.321, -104.786.
The incident
- Size
- 10,050 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2019 at 8:20 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 27, 2019 at 1:36 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 28, 2019 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 9, 2019 at 2:20 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- RAWHIDE CANYON/ INDIAN CREEK
- County
- Eddy County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Queen
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $493,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMLNF-000368
- IRWIN identifier
- DC16BFC8-64A9-42B1-AAB2-DE3340CECC3A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlsbad, 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 9, 2019 at 2:21 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMLNF-000368.