Ojo de Los Casos

Unit Information

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

Incident Contacts

Arlene Perea
Email: arlene.perea@usda.gov
Phone: 505-506-1959

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Highlighted Activity

07/17/2020 Ojo de los Casos Fire Receives More Rain - Final Update

July 17, 2020 Update Mountainair, NM – For Immediate Release – Steady rains fell over the Ojo de los Casos fire yesterday evening and night. The fire, which has been burning in the...

News - 07/17/2020

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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%
Estimated Containment Date	Friday July 17th, 2020 approx. 12:00 AM
Fuels Involved	Timber (Litter and understory), Brush (2 ft), Short grass (1 ft)
Significant Events	Minimal