Rincon Fire
The Rincon Fire was reported on July 17, 2019 in Union County, New Mexico and burned 1,562 acres. It is 30 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,562 acres
- Contained
- 30%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2019
- Personnel
- 48
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 36.909, -103.275.
The incident
- Size
- 1,562 acres
- Containment
- 30%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2019 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 18 miles west of Kenton Oklahoma
- County
- Union County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Folsom
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 48
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $31,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMN2S-000024
- IRWIN identifier
- C6827665-A883-4060-AEFF-FF312005A6C0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Clayton, 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 July 21, 2019 at 7:18 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMN2S-000024.