Medio Fire
The Medio Fire was reported on August 17, 2020 in Santa Fe County, New Mexico and burned 4,010 acres. It was declared out on December 16, 2020.
- Size
- 4,010 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020
- Personnel
- 53
Map
Perimeter mapped February 12, 2024 at 9:19 AM MST, 3,837 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 35.831, -105.863.
The incident
- Size
- 4,010 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020 at 7:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- December 15, 2020 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 16, 2020 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Unknown, Lightning
- Location
- Off the Rio en Medio Trail on the Espa�ola Ranger District.
- County
- Santa Fe County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Santa Fe
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 53
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMSNF-000532
- IRWIN identifier
- 25C97DD7-440E-4291-B119-EFA3B7E93859
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tesuque, 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 March 16, 2021 at 4:34 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-NMSNF-000532.