Midnight Fire
The Midnight Fire was reported on June 9, 2022 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 4,896 acres. It was declared out on August 16, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,896 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 9, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped August 25, 2022 at 12:49 PM MDT, 4,896 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.450, -106.225.
The incident
- Size
- 4,896 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 9, 2022 at 7:46 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 1, 2022 at 1:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 16, 2022 at 10:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 8 miles NW of El Rito
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMCAF-000200
- IRWIN identifier
- 366F85D4-B0C5-4007-85D0-2205B059A7A1
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, NM8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM29 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara Pueblo, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- La Puebla, NM34 miles south 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 August 16, 2022 at 10:53 AM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMCAF-000200.