Black Feather Fire
The Black Feather Fire was reported on August 5, 2023 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 2,198 acres. It was declared out on October 22, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,198 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM MST, 2,198 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.097, -106.802.
The incident
- Size
- 2,198 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2023 at 3:17 PM MDT
- Contained
- December 1, 2023 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- October 22, 2024 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Northwest quadrant of the Jemez Mountains San Pedro Parks Wilderness -Coyote RD
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMSNF-000345
- IRWIN identifier
- FEA80AF1-9C60-43B7-AE00-AA07CA2F36F1
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 7, 2023 (2,296 acres) to January 15, 2025 (2,198 acres). The largest one-day growth was 90 acres, mapped August 11, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 7, 2023 | 2,296 | |
| August 8, 2023 | 2,352 | +56 |
| August 9, 2023 | 2,158 | -194 |
| August 10, 2023 | 2,109 | -49 |
| August 11, 2023 | 2,198 | +89 |
| August 18, 2023 | 2,198 | 0 |
| January 15, 2025 | 2,198 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Teresa, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Santa Teresa, NM8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, NM31 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Jemez Pueblo, NM34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- White Rock, NM38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara Pueblo, NM41 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM41 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 22, 2024 at 2:50 PM MDT. Identifier 2023-NMSNF-000345.