Start Date: July 18, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: Approximately 11 acres Location: On the Jemez Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, the fire is located on Peggy Mesa approximately 2 miles northwest of Gilman Tunnels. Vegetation: The fire is burning in piñon pines, juniper, ponderosa pine, and oak scrub brush. Current Situation: A […]

Start Date: July 18, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: Under 1 acre Location: On the Cuba Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, the fire is approximately 1 ½ miles northeast of Deadman’s Lookout. Vegetation: The fire is burning in ponderosa pine. Current Situation: A lightning strike ignited a single standing dead tree that fell, […]

Cow Fire Update July 19, 2017 Start Date: July 18, 2017 Cause: Lightning Size: Less than 1 acre Location: On the Pecos Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest, about 6 miles northeast of the village of Pecos near Cow Creek Vegetation: The fire is in the burn scar from the 2000 Viveash Fire […]

SANTA FE, NM – July 18, 2017 – For Immediate Release.  The lightning-caused Ojitos Fire on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest is currently in monitor status after receiving significant moisture over the last few days. The Ojitos Fire, which started July 7 near the Chama River Canyon Wilderness, is in […]

SANTA FE, NM – July 17, 2017 – For Immediate Release. The Cajete Fire on the Santa Fe National Forest’s Jemez Ranger District was declared controlled at 12:45 p.m. Sunday, July 16, thanks to recent moisture that arrived with the monsoon season. The 1,412-acre Cajete Fire, which started on June 15 from an abandoned campfire, […]

SANTA FE, NM – July 13, 2017 – For Immediate Release.  Thanks to recent precipitation and decreasing fire danger, the Santa Fe National Forest will lift campfire and smoking restrictions on Friday, July 14, at 8:00 a.m.  The forest implemented Stage 1 fire restrictions on June 23 based on dry conditions and higher-than-normal temperatures. Forest […]

Start date: Friday, July 7. The fire was found on Saturday, and crews made it to the area on Sunday. Cause:  Lightning. Location:  Santa Fe National Forest, Coyote Ranger District, inside the Chama River Canyon Wilderness.  The fire is approximately 5 miles south of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert and ½ mile from […]

Fire Information: 505.438.5300    Email: Cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017 Cause: Abandoned campfire Size: 1,412 acres Containment: 96% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on north facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 120 personnel, 1 Type 3 helicopter Current Situation: Under the leadership of Type 3 Incident Commander Matt Armantrout, firefighters today are […]

Fire Information: 505.438.5300 Email: Cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017 Cause: Abandoned campfire Size: 1,412 acres Containment: 96% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on north-facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 120 personnel – 1 Type 1 Crew, 4 Type 2 crews, 2 engines, and 1 Type 3 helicopter Current Situation: Under the […]

Cajete Fire Update June 22, 2017 Fire Information: 505.438.5300 Email: Cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017 Cause: Abandoned campfire Size: 1,412 acres Containment: 96% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on north facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 258 personnel – 1 Type 1 Crew, 4 Type 2 crews, 5 engines, 1 water […]

SANTA FE, NM – June 21, 2017 – For Immediate Release.  The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) will implement forest-wide Stage 1 fire restrictions at 8:00 a.m. this Friday, June 23, 2017.  Fire danger on the forest remains high due to continued high temperatures and dry conditions. The Jemez Ranger District, where the 1,412-acre Cajete […]

Fire Information: 505-438-5300  Email: cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017 Cause: Abandoned campfire Size: 1,412 acres Containment: 96% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on the north facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 359 personnel – 3 Type 1 Crews, 4 Type 2 crews, 14 engines, 1 dozer, 4 water tenders, 2 Type […]

SANTA FE, NM – June 20, 2017 – For Immediate Release. The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) today issued a closure order for the approximately 1,400 acres on the Jemez Ranger District burned by the Cajete Fire. The restricted area includes: all lands, roads and trails within the fire perimeter (depicted on the closure map), […]

Fire Information: 505-438-5300  Email: cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017   Cause: Abandoned campfire   Size: 1,412 acres   Containment: 87% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on the north facing slopes. Resources Assigned: 416 personnel – 3 Type 1 Crews, 7 Type 2 crews, 13 engines, 1 dozer, 3 water tenders, 3 Type […]

Fire Information: 505-438-5300                  Email: cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Start Date: June 15, 2017    Cause: Abandoned campfire    Size: 1,412 acres    Containment: 85% Vegetation: Mostly ponderosa pine with some mixed conifer and aspen on the north facing slopes. Resources Assigned:  416 personnel – 3 Type 1 Crews, 7 Type 2 crews, 13 engines, 1 dozer, 3 water tenders, 3 Type […]

      FIRE INFORMATION: 505.438.5300 cajetefireinfo@gmail.com Location: The Cajete Fire is burning in the Jemez Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest, on both sides of NM Highway 4 along the southern boundary of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The fire started approximately one mile northeast of Vallecitos de los Indios (Sierra de […]

Fire Information: 505-438-5300 Location: The Cajete Fire is burning in the Jemez Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest, on both sides of NM Highway 4 along the southern boundary of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The fire started approximately one mile northeast of Vallecitos de los Indios (Sierra de los Pinos). The fire […]

SANTA FE, NM – June 18, 2017 – For Immediate Release. As more than 300 people continued to battle the 1,367-acre Cajete Fire that sparked last Thursday from an abandoned campfire, the already-overloaded fire team on the Santa Fe National Forest was forced to respond to more abandoned campfires today. As of 2 p.m., at […]

Fire Information: 505-438-5300 Location: The fire is burning in the Jemez Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest, on both sides of NM Highway 4 along the southern boundary of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The Cajete Fire started approximately one mile northeast of Vallecitos de los Indios (Sierra de los Pinos). The fire […]

FIRE INFORMATION: 505.438.5300 cajetefireinfo@gmail.com   Cajete Fire Update June 17, 2017, 6:00 p.m.   Location:  The fire is burning in the Jemez Ranger District on the Santa Fe National Forest, on both sides of NM Highway 4 along the southern boundary of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.  The Cajete Fire started approximately one mile northeast […]