Bear Trap Fire
The Bear Trap Fire was reported on May 1, 2022 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 38,225 acres. It was declared out on September 30, 2022.
- Size
- 38,225 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2022
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeter mapped October 25, 2022 at 3:09 PM MDT, 38,225 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.850, -107.533.
The incident
- Size
- 38,225 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 1, 2022 at 11:58 AM MDT
- Contained
- June 8, 2022 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 30, 2022 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 30, 2022 at 11:13 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 22 miles Southwest of Magdalena, NM.
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Magdalena
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $19,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMCIF-000138
- IRWIN identifier
- A225EE28-E714-4589-8431-8D02DEA87611
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Magdalena, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Magdalena, NM25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM39 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM39 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM52 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM69 miles northeast 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 4, 2022 at 11:15 AM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMCIF-000138.