Luna Fire
The Luna Fire was reported on October 17, 2020 in Taos County, New Mexico and burned 10,142 acres. It was declared out on September 13, 2021.
- Size
- 10,142 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 17, 2020
- Personnel
- 34
Map
Perimeter mapped October 4, 2022 at 12:31 PM MDT, 10,134 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 36.264, -105.340.
The incident
- Size
- 10,142 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 17, 2020 at 7:11 PM MDT
- Contained
- December 17, 2020 at 11:10 AM MST
- Controlled
- September 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Approximately 2 miles north of community of Chacon, NM.
- County
- Taos County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Chacon
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,120,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMCAF-000631
- IRWIN identifier
- 3CB8FDF4-B55D-43E3-AECE-6E49016671CB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Angel Fire, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Angel Fire, NM9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Taos, NM16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos Pueblo, NM17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Arroyo Seco, NM22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Questa, NM34 miles northwest 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 November 16, 2021 at 8:36 AM MST. Identifier 2020-NMCAF-000631.