Rio Arriba County, New Mexico · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
4,728 acres
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
|
— |
| Containment |
97% Aug 5, 9:00 AM
|
100%
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
+3 percent
was 97% · Aug 5, 9:00 AM
|
+3 percent
in 12 days
|
| Crew size |
6 Aug 5, 9:00 AM
|
3
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
−3
was 6 · Aug 5, 9:00 AM
|
−3
in 12 days
|
| Money spent | — |
$4.6M
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
|
— |
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The Beehive Fire is a wildfire near Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It has burned about 4,728 acres (about 4,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 7 weeks ago. About 3 people are on it, run by a Type 4 IC.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, August 8th at 5:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
82°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph N · 25% chance of rain
Tonight
53°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 10% chance of rain
Sunday
83°F · Mostly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph W · 24% chance of rain
Sunday Night
53°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 11% chance of rain
Monday
81°F · Mostly Sunny then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind 0 to 5 mph W · 58% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, August 8th at 5:01 p.m. CDT.
About 3 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 4 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $5 million has been spent on it so far.
The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.
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No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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