Cerro Pelado Fire
The Cerro Pelado Fire was reported on April 22, 2022 in Sandoval County, New Mexico and burned 45,605 acres. It was declared out on October 13, 2022.
- Size
- 45,605 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2022
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeter mapped November 2, 2023 at 9:13 AM MDT, 45,605 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 35.775, -106.584.
The incident
- Size
- 45,605 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2022 at 3:39 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 15, 2022 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2022 at 4:15 PM MDT
- Declared out
- October 13, 2022 at 9:24 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 Miles East of Jemez Springs
- County
- Sandoval County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Ponderosa NM
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $46,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMSNF-000049
- IRWIN identifier
- 50365AC2-F15C-4F36-8BF4-69E12105C7A7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jemez Pueblo, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jemez Pueblo, NM14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, NM17 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- White Rock, NM22 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santo Domingo Pueblo, NM22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- San Felipe Pueblo, NM25 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM27 miles north 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 June 14, 2023 at 12:32 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMSNF-000049.