Dark Canyon Fire
The Dark Canyon Fire was reported on August 4, 2020 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 3,070 acres. It was declared out on October 27, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,070 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2020
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeter mapped August 4, 2020 at 10:29 PM MDT, 0 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.667, -105.629.
The incident
- Size
- 3,070 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2020 at 4:29 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 16, 2020 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 27, 2020 at 8:35 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 27, 2020 at 8:35 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- DARK CANYON, TUCSON MOUNTAIN, BLANCHARD CANYON, LAKE MOUNTAIN
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $463,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMLNF-000459
- IRWIN identifier
- 57A1189E-614F-4AA7-BA8B-9FA2AB0B4119
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Capitan, 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 January 14, 2021 at 11:34 AM MST. Identifier 2020-NMLNF-000459.