Tanques Fire
The Tanques Fire was reported on July 18, 2024 in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico and burned 6,500 acres. It was declared out on September 25, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2024
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM MST, 6,645 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 36.407, -106.937.
The incident
- Size
- 6,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2024 at 9:27 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 21, 2024 at 2:55 PM MDT
- Controlled
- September 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 25, 2024 at 3:15 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Approximately 27 nautical miles north of Cuba, NM
- County
- Rio Arriba County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMSNF-000266
- IRWIN identifier
- 474EC5F8-BC1C-452B-B1EE-F181A0D20F80
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, NM23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Dulce, NM37 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Navajo, NM38 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Chama, NM40 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Los Alamos, NM50 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ohkay Owingeh, NM54 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2024 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 January 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM MST. Identifier 2024-NMSNF-000266.