South Fork Fire
The South Fork Fire was reported on June 17, 2024 in Otero County, New Mexico and burned 17,569 acres. It was declared out on November 15, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 17,569 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped June 24, 2024 at 7:23 AM MDT, 17,569 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 33.338, -105.766.
The incident
- Size
- 17,569 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 17, 2024 at 9:07 AM 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
- Natural
- Location
- Ruidoso Area
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Ruidoso
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $23,424,443
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMMEA-000382
- IRWIN identifier
- E0B77E6D-BE30-4A7B-9875-0E8F1BDFD8D7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from June 17, 2024 (5,252 acres) to November 13, 2024 (17,569 acres). The largest one-day growth was 10,008 acres, mapped June 18, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2024 | 5,252 | |
| June 18, 2024 | 15,261 | +10,009 |
| June 19, 2024 | 16,335 | +1,074 |
| June 20, 2024 | 16,349 | +14 |
| June 21, 2024 | 16,632 | +283 |
| June 22, 2024 | 17,551 | +919 |
| June 24, 2024 | 17,556 | +5 |
| June 25, 2024 | 17,569 | +13 |
| July 1, 2024 | 17,569 | 0 |
| July 5, 2024 | 7,939 | -9,630 |
| July 6, 2024 | 17,569 | +9,630 |
| November 13, 2024 | 17,569 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ruidoso, NM covers the area today.
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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 10:28 AM MST. Identifier 2024-NMMEA-000382.