North Cut Fire
The North Cut Fire was reported on March 13, 2015 in Quay County, New Mexico and burned 5,000 acres. It is 80 percent contained.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- March 13, 2015
- Personnel
- 31
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.853, -104.106.
The incident
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- March 13, 2015 at 11:45 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Quay County
- State
- New Mexico
- Personnel assigned
- 31
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-NMN4S-004019
- IRWIN identifier
- 382F333D-37DB-41D6-9D42-CF4E479FC885
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fort Sumner, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fort Sumner, NM27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Tucumcari, NM31 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Rosa, NM33 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM54 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clovis, NM60 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Portales, NM64 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated March 15, 2015 at 7:44 PM MDT. Identifier 2015-NMN4S-004019.