Amargo Fire
The Amargo Fire was reported on July 30, 2021 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 1,296 acres. It was declared out on October 12, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,296 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2021
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 1,009 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 36.946, -107.047.
The incident
- Size
- 1,296 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2021 at 6:51 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 23, 2021 at 5:45 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 12, 2021 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 12, 2021 at 8:21 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Residential Boundary of Community, West of Dulce NM
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Dulce, NM
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NMJIA-000439
- IRWIN identifier
- AEC54F3C-3B2F-4A2E-B5E0-B791D06BFB7E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Navajo, 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 October 12, 2021 at 12:31 PM MDT. Identifier 2021-NMJIA-000439.