Bledsoe 1 Fire
The Bledsoe 1 Fire was reported on March 29, 2016 in Lea County, New Mexico and burned 3,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2016
- Personnel
- 25
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.538, -103.252.
The incident
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2016 at 2:12 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Grass Fire
- County
- Lea County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Tatum
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 25
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN5S-1651390398
- IRWIN identifier
- 160E1434-2B58-4C68-A065-E1540E13EDAC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tatum, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 April 4, 2016 at 5:25 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMN5S-1651390398.