Indios Fire
The Indios Fire was reported on May 19, 2024 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 11,500 acres. It was declared out on October 22, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM MST, 11,477 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 36.287, -106.701.
The incident
- Size
- 11,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2024 at 11:48 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2024 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 22, 2024 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 7 miles north of Coyote, NM
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,188,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMSNF-000091
- IRWIN identifier
- 21BF1C83-FDCA-40E7-A735-F164733FEAF1
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 21, 2024 (689 acres) to June 6, 2024 (11,491 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,680 acres, mapped June 1, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2024 | 689 | |
| May 22, 2024 | 852 | +163 |
| May 23, 2024 | 1,095 | +243 |
| May 24, 2024 | 1,808 | +713 |
| May 25, 2024 | 2,345 | +537 |
| May 26, 2024 | 2,620 | +275 |
| May 27, 2024 | 4,709 | +2,089 |
| May 28, 2024 | 5,207 | +498 |
| May 29, 2024 | 5,644 | +437 |
| May 30, 2024 | 6,649 | +1,005 |
| May 31, 2024 | 8,733 | +2,084 |
| June 1, 2024 | 11,413 | +2,680 |
| June 2, 2024 | 11,500 | +87 |
| June 4, 2024 | 11,500 | 0 |
| June 5, 2024 | 11,491 | -9 |
| June 6, 2024 | 11,491 | 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, NM9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, NM35 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Española, NM40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara Pueblo, NM41 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- White Rock, NM42 miles southeast 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 April 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM MDT. Identifier 2024-NMSNF-000091.