Comanche Fire
The Comanche Fire was reported on June 8, 2023 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 1,974 acres. It was declared out on September 20, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,974 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2023
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped January 19, 2024 at 2:05 PM MST, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 36.382, -106.327.
The incident
- Size
- 1,974 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- June 8, 2023 at 1:09 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 24, 2023 at 12:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 20, 2023 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 20, 2023 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Mile SW of El Rito NM, FS 137
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- El Rito
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMCAF-000136
- IRWIN identifier
- D705BCBC-EA01-4A15-8628-C0BD62E5B29C
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 east of the fire’s origin
- Santa Teresa, NM25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM27 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM30 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara Pueblo, NM32 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- La Puebla, NM33 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2023 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated December 4, 2023 at 4:35 PM MST. Identifier 2023-NMCAF-000136.