The Cooks Peak Fire was a
wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned and uncontrolled fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a ...
that burned north of the community of
Ocate in
Mora County and
Colfax County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...
, as part of the
2022 New Mexico wildfire season. , the fire burned and was 100% contained on the evening of May 13, 2022.
The exact cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation.
Development
April
The fire was first reported on April 17, 2022, at approximately 4:31 PM
MNT. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
There were 548 firefighting personnel on scene as of April 28, 2022, according to the
BSA.
Containment
, the Cooks Peak Fire was fully contained.
Impact
Closures and evacuations
The
Philmont Scout Ranch
Philmont Scout Ranch is a ranch located in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States, near the village of Cimarron. Donated by oil baron Waite Phillips, the ranch is owned by Scouting America. It is a high adventure base where crews of Scouts ...
, just north of the fire, began evacuating staff when the fire rushed north on April 24. As of April 30, 2022, the fire had burned of the scout ranch.
Parts of
Colfax County were evacuated, as well as the community of
Cimarron
See also
*
2022 New Mexico wildfires
The 2022 New Mexico wildfire season were a series of wildfires which burnt throughout the U.S. state of New Mexico. , had burned across the state. The burned acreage figure for 2022 is well above the 1995-2015 average of approximately 270,000 ...
*
Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire
References
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2022 New Mexico wildfires
April 2022 in the United States
May 2022 in the United States
Mora County, New Mexico