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Cooks Peak
Unit Information
Agency Name: New Mexico State Forestry
Incident Contacts
- Cooks Peak Fire InformationEmail:Phone:505-357-0683Hours:Daily, 8a - 5p
Colfax County Evacuation Update as of 1:00 pm on 5/4/2022
Cooks Peak
Publication Type: Announcement -
Effective at 1:00 P.M. in on the Cooks Peak Fire, Colfax County Sheriff's Office in consultation with Colfax County Emergency Management is placing the following communities in READY Evacuation status:
- Philmont Scout Ranch Head Quarters
- Rayado
- Sweetwater
- Sunnyside
- Philmont Scout Ranch Back Country West of State Road 21
The status changes are necessary due to current fire behavior and predicted weather, verified by fire models that show significant potential for fire growth to the north. State Road 21 will be open to local traffic only and closed to thru traffic.
Full press release is available below.