Cub Fire
The Cub Fire was reported on June 28, 2020 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 25,950 acres. It was declared out on September 3, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 25,950 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2020
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 4:51 PM MDT, 25,949 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.315, -108.562.
The incident
- Size
- 25,950 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2020 at 11:20 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2020 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 3, 2020 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 3, 2020 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning, Other, Known
- Location
- 3 northeast of Mogollon Baldy Lookout
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $442,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMGNF-000343
- IRWIN identifier
- 816ABA86-B4A5-4F19-80CA-E914F85829A5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM30 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM41 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM44 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM46 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ46 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 September 23, 2020 at 8:51 AM MDT. Identifier 2020-NMGNF-000343.