Poso Fire
The Poso Fire was reported on May 29, 2021 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 2,057 acres. It was declared out on October 6, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,057 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 29, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped June 14, 2021 at 6:00 PM MDT, 1,425 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 36.477, -106.207.
The incident
- Size
- 2,057 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 29, 2021 at 5:53 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 28, 2021 at 12:40 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 6, 2021 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 11 miles NE of El Rito, NM
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,650,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NMCAF-000175
- IRWIN identifier
- 8E384CAA-9CF2-4D0F-A06E-0FE0A5999BED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for El Rito, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- El Rito, NM9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM34 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arroyo Seco, NM36 miles east 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 6, 2021 at 4:01 PM MDT. Identifier 2021-NMCAF-000175.