Salt Fire
The Salt Fire was reported on June 17, 2024 in Otero County, New Mexico and burned 7,939 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,939 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped June 23, 2024 at 7:53 PM MDT, 7,939 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 33.243, -105.708.
The incident
- Size
- 7,939 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024 at 2:20 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 30, 2024 at 6:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 7 Miles West of Mescalero, NM
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,284,769
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMMEA-000385
- IRWIN identifier
- 49A7BD94-4F51-4825-A00D-9E5E2E76293C
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 17, 2024 (3,102 acres) to November 13, 2024 (7,939 acres). The largest one-day growth was 2,448 acres, mapped June 18, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2024 | 3,102 | |
| June 18, 2024 | 5,550 | +2,448 |
| June 19, 2024 | 7,071 | +1,521 |
| June 20, 2024 | 7,652 | +581 |
| June 22, 2024 | 7,652 | 0 |
| June 23, 2024 | 7,816 | +164 |
| June 24, 2024 | 7,927 | +111 |
| June 25, 2024 | 7,939 | +12 |
| July 1, 2024 | 7,939 | 0 |
| July 6, 2024 | 7,939 | 0 |
| November 13, 2024 | 7,939 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ruidoso, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 November 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM MST. Identifier 2024-NMMEA-000385.