Cooks Peak Fire
The Cooks Peak Fire was reported on April 17, 2022 in Mora County, New Mexico and burned 59,359 acres. It was fully contained on September 12, 2022.
- Size
- 59,359 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 17, 2022
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped April 26, 2022 at 8:00 AM MDT, 59,360 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.244, -105.037.
The incident
- Size
- 59,359 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 17, 2022 at 4:44 PM MDT
- Contained
- September 12, 2022 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Northeast of Ocate NM, burning on private and state trust
- County
- Mora County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Ocate
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMN4S-000034
- IRWIN identifier
- F1219F6C-E522-40D3-9FDC-90E5D595C4ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Angel Fire, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Angel Fire, NM17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos Pueblo, NM31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos, NM32 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM33 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Arroyo Seco, NM35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Questa, NM44 miles northwest 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 September 14, 2022 at 5:51 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMN4S-000034.