Vics Peak Fire
The Vics Peak Fire was reported on June 15, 2020 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 14,624 acres. It was declared out on September 30, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 14,624 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2020
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped July 4, 2020 at 12:00 AM MDT, 14,690 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.570, -107.442.
The incident
- Size
- 14,624 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 15, 2020 at 12:33 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 3, 2020 at 5:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 29, 2020 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 30, 2020 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Vick's Peak/ Springtime Campground
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- 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
- $3,880,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMCIF-000223
- IRWIN identifier
- 7BD5C1E6-1D90-49D1-A47C-A9A329578234
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Truth or Consequences, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Truth or Consequences, NM32 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM46 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM59 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hatch, NM65 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM68 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 October 21, 2020 at 4:30 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-NMCIF-000223.