Triple Nickle Fire
The Triple Nickle Fire was reported on August 4, 2019 in McKinley County, New Mexico and burned 8,063 acres. It was declared out on October 4, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,063 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019
- Personnel
- 39
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.345, -107.527.
The incident
- Size
- 8,063 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019 at 3:28 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 6, 2019 at 12:15 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 4, 2019 at 8:55 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 4, 2019 at 8:55 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Northeast of Grants near Mount Taylor
- County
- McKinley County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Grants
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 39
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMCIF-000199
- IRWIN identifier
- 9EF373BE-A6BE-47EB-83C3-1F513320C8EC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Paraje, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 November 18, 2019 at 11:16 AM MST. Identifier 2019-NMCIF-000199.