Ojo de Los Casos

Unit Information

Cibola National Forest
U.S. Forest Service
2113 Osuna Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113

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A wildfire was reported 7/8/2020 at ~6:00 pm by the Capilla Lookout. It burned in timber as well as the old Doghead burn scar on the Mountainair Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest as well as the Chilili Land Grant. The Albuquerque Zone Type 3 Incident Management team was ordered and assumed command of the incident the morning of 7/9/2020. The fire was returned to management by local agencies on 7/15/20 at 7:00 am.

Basic Information

Current as of
Incident Type	Wildfire
Cause	Unknown
Date of Origin	Wednesday July 08th, 2020 approx. 05:45 PM
Location	North of Mountainair, NM; West of Chilili
Incident Commander	Howard McGuire
Incident Description	Contained on 7/17/20
Coordinates	34.858 latitude, -106.339 longitude

Current Situation

Size	180 Acres
Percent of Perimeter Contained	100%
Fuels Involved	Timber (Litter and understory), Brush (2 ft), Short grass (1 ft)
Significant Events	Minimal

Current Weather

Weather Concerns	Approaching Thunderstorms

Recent Articles

Ojo de los Casos Fire Receives More Rain - Final Update News - 7/17/2020

Ojo de los Casos Fire receives light rain News - 7/16/2020

Ojo de los Casos Downsized to Type 4 Incident News - 7/15/2020

Ojo de los Casos Fire will Transition to Type 4 Incident Tomorrow News - 7/14/2020