Roberts Fire
The Roberts Fire was reported on July 13, 2019 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 5,020 acres. It was declared out on September 16, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,020 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2019
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.610, -107.406.
The incident
- Size
- 5,020 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2019 at 1:37 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 16, 2019 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 2 miles north of Springtime Campground
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,070,900
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMCIF-000143
- IRWIN identifier
- 40EEA9B4-4CAD-4CBA-B3EB-3CADA7469A99
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Elephant Butte, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Elephant Butte, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM43 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM56 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hatch, NM67 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM72 miles southwest 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 September 16, 2019 at 3:56 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMCIF-000143.