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Ute Park Fire Update: June 1, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.
The Ute Park fire is now estimated at 16,500 acres with 0% containment.
Philmont staff are currently in the process of evacuating to Colfax County Fairgrounds due to air quality.
Currently, there are numerous resources from State Forestry and our local and federal partners working to suppress this fire on the ground with support from multiple aerial firefighters.

We remain grateful for the many local, state and federal emergency responders for keeping our community safe and will continue to work closely with the New Mexico State Police and Incident Command to monitor the situation.

Pro Sandy said:

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I'm hearing that Harlan is gone and the fire is heading over Deer Lake and to Clark's and Sawmill

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Not to mention Cito and Hunting Lodge between those one canyon over.

I hope and pray the rain comes soon. I was reading about all of the unattended campfires they found in the Sante Fe forest over the holiday. Are some people that obtuse? That was something I learned from my parents, Girl Scouts, and Smokey the Bear. Crazy. They have their hands full fighting this fire at Ute Park and they don't need a hundred others to pop up from people not practicing safety. Also glad that the Scout staff were able to evacuate safely.

I'm about 40 miles from the Buzzard fire. All of NM is incredibly dry. Relative Humidity is probably 3-8% during the day. Temps go from low 40's early morning in mountains to high 80's during the day.

We generally don't get the summer monsoonal moisture until 2nd week of July. NM and AZ WILL burn for the next month.


Current conditions at
Socorro Municipal Airport (KONM)
Lat: 34.03NLon: 106.9WElev: 4805ft.
Fair
96F
36C
Humidity
3%
Wind Speed
NW 15 G 21 mph
Barometer
29.94 in
Dewpoint
2F (-17C)
Visibility
10.00 mi
Heat Index
91F (33C)
Last update
1 Jun 5:15 pm MDT


40% chance T-Storms Sunday, but for every area that gets some rain, probably 4+ will get lightning strikes.

Hunting Lodge I am more concerned about. The rock wall and general clearing may help it jump Cito. In 02 the larger staff camps came out surprisingly good.

My main concern is if the fire gets in the canyon below Cyphers (not a huge concern at the moment). The long term effect would be borderline catastrophic. If the fire hasn't run North Ponil Canyon and hit IW, I would be a bit shocked.

That is good and bad. It means tomorrow could really suck. But I will hope for the best.

Right now there is strong belief that 3 staff camps are gone. I am trying to be optimistic, in 02 out of 96,000 acres (including Vermejo) Philmont lost a 1 latrine.

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ursusguy said:

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Right now there is strong belief that 3 staff camps are gone. I am trying to be optimistic, in 02 out of 96,000 acres (including Vermejo) Philmont lost a 1 latrine.

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ABQ News Story. Watch the video.

http://www.krqe.com/news/wildfires/http-wwwkrqecomnewswildfiresute-park-fire-at-8-000-acres-cimaron-residents-asked-to-evacuate1211176656/1211176656

NM - feeed just moved old press release. Guessing the are wanting to cover their bases.

Also: New Mexico official Fire info site:
https://nmfireinfo.com

insulator_king said:

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ABQ News Story. Watch the video.

http://www.krqe.com/news/wildfires/http-wwwkrqecomnewswildfiresute-park-fire-at-8-000-acres-cimaron-residents-asked-to-evacuate1211176656/1211176656

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Darwin missed one.

aggiepublius said:

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Just announced Sante Fe National Forrest is being closed immediately due to fire danger potential.

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Was already mentioned on page 1

Whoops - missed that this was the source of the news article. New Mexico Fire public info just pushed it out in the feed and I thought it had new info.

CanyonAg77 said:

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insulator_king said:

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Darwin missed one.

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No kidding. Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. That was on the Angel Fire Facebook page-a local and his son.

No biggie. Sorry I diverted from the purpose of the thread.

ursusguy said:

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Right now there is strong belief that 3 staff camps are gone. I am trying to be optimistic, in 02 out of 96,000 acres (including Vermejo) Philmont lost a 1 latrine.

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I've been comparing my map to the NWCG site via topo lines and I'm gonna say Harlan, Cito and Ute Gulch based on what they have marked. This sucks so hard. A friend of mine still knows people on staff who are saying Hunting Lodge and Dean Cow might be gone as well.

All my friends I used to work with are taking it hard. Cimarron Canyon man

Dean Cow is likely gone. HL and Cito may be gone in the morning.

Man.

Wow, have never been to Philmont, but have driven through a number of times. Hate to see this.

Amen.

So true

Right before sundown, smoke started being seen on the Philmont webcam. Picture a camera over at the old museum with the left third aimed at the Tooth. Plume leaning south.

CanyonAg77 said:

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wildcat08 said:

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CanyonAg77 said:

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insulator_king said:

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Darwin missed one.

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No kidding. Not the brightest bulb in the chandelier. That was on the Angel Fire Facebook page-a local and his son.

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We have a friend who splits time between here and Angel Fire. They posted on Facebook this:

https://www.facebook.com/HolySmokedBBQ/

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Hail's Holy Smoked BBQ & More
43 mins
We just delivered the last meals of the day to the firefighters.
Thank you to all who helped US fix 730 meals today! Thanks to Angel Fired Pizza for feeding all of our volunteers.
We will be serving another 350 firefighters breakfast in the morning. Volunteers can show up at 4am if you like.
WE WILL NOT OPEN TOMORROW! See you on Tuesday!

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They've closed their restaurant to the public, and are feeding fire fighters, instead.

I recommend everyone eat there or "Angel Fired Pizza" next trip to NM.

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Angel Fired Pizza is good eats. We will definitely pay them another visit or two next time we go up there.

This is terrible! I'm headed to Tres Ritos from CS on Monday...anyone here think that will be a problem?

With the latest data, it appears Cito is burning. They believe that Sawmill may have burned earlier today.

Way more information.....

"We believe this will be a 50-60,000 acre fire"

"We don't think this fire will be out in a week"
"National Gaurd has been requested to patrol Cimarron".

There may be heavy damage to 64

Someone posted on the PSA Facebook that Dean Cow and Ute Gulch survived based on aircrew observations.

ursusguy said:

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Right before sundown, smoke started being seen on the Philmont webcam. Picture a camera over at the old museum with the left third aimed at the Tooth. Plume leaning south.

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Pic someone posted on the PSA Facebook page with the Tooth, smoke, and tanker