The fuels involved in the fire include a combination of dense mixed conifer, ponderosa pine, brush, and grass. This fire is situated near Gallinas Canyon. The cause of the fire in Hermits Peak was spot fires that occurred during a planned burn, while the fire in Calf Canyon was a holdover fire resulting from a prescribed pile burn. The fire in Hermits Peak started on April 6, 2022, while the fire in Calf Canyon began on April 19, 2022. A total of 556 personnel are currently working on containing the fire, which is currently 93% contained. The fire has affected a total area of 341,735 acres.
On Wednesday, July 6th at 7:00 p.M., The Command of Transfer will take place for the northern zone fire. Here are the highlights: Mike Johnston, the Incident Commander for Team Management Incident 7, will transfer to the Great Basin Incident Management Team. Additionally, Lance Elmore, the Incident Commander for Team Management Incident 3, will transfer from the Southwest Area to the Incident Management Team in the same area.
Firefighters assigned to the incident within the fire area are prepared to respond to any new fire starts. Documentation is being generated to record the repairs that will need to be carried out at a later time to suppress the fire. Firefighters are collaborating with landowners along NM Highways 518 and 434 corridors, as well as other areas, to mend fences that were cut during suppression operations, chip brush, fix roads, and clear debris from roadways and waterways in Mora, Holman, Guadalupita, Chacon. In order to remove fire equipment like hoses and pumps and to fix roads that were utilized for suppression efforts, firefighters are actively working in and around Angel Fire and Black Lake.
Personnel are continuing to scout areas across the fire and work on repairing the safe access when repairs are needed. The Repair Suppression Form has identified and validated areas that need repair, and the staff is continuing to scout with a crew of 20 overhead personnel. In the eastern area, the line dozer is busy repairing while excavators remain in the southern portion of the fire. Despite the weather conditions, they are able to continue repairing both the line dozer and by hand. Today, they had to leave the mid-area of the fire in the western side in order to allocate resources to the South Zone (GBIMT7).
Please visit https://tinyurl.Com/bdy5y99r for the most recent information regarding fire restrictions and closures in both Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest. This site provides details about the orders for closure of Fires Canyon Calf and Peak Hermits, as well as other relevant information.
Please visit www.Tinyurl.Com/hermitspeak for updated evacuation information from Fires Canyon Calf and Peak Hermits. A guide for evacuation is available in Spanish and English at https://tinyurl.Com/RSGNM. For resources and assistance during the wildfires, please visit https://www.Nmdhsem.Org/2022-wildfires/.
The air drier will move into the area, reducing the amount of available moisture over the next few days. As a result, the chances of widespread precipitation will be lower, but there is still a possibility of isolated thunderstorms and showers in the afternoon. If a strong, slow-moving storm moves over the area with high severity burn scar, it would greatly increase the threat for widespread debris flow and flooding, although the overall threat remains low.
The emergency hotline number for the state of New Mexico is 1-800-432 2080. For more information about the burned areas in Canyon Fire and Peak Hermits, you can visit the website https://inciweb.Nwcg.Gov/incident/8104/. To find resources for recovery and dealing with flooding after the wildfire in New Mexico, you can visit the website https://www.Afterwildfirenm.Org/.