Johnson Fire
The Johnson Fire was reported on May 20, 2021 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 94,732 acres. It was declared out on October 18, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 94,732 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 20, 2021
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped June 27, 2021 at 12:28 PM MDT, 1 acres (remote sensing derived). Point of origin 33.238, -108.472.
The incident
- Size
- 94,732 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 20, 2021 at 7:28 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 22, 2021 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2021 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 18, 2021 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 3 Miles West of Gila Cliff Dwellings, 6 miles south of Willow Creek
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- 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
- $7,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NMGNF-000276
- IRWIN identifier
- 534842F3-0195-4BDD-93DE-393F6967572A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Silver City, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Silver City, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM42 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ49 miles west 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 January 6, 2022 at 2:57 PM MST. Identifier 2021-NMGNF-000276.