Byrd Fire
The Byrd Fire was reported on July 26, 2016 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 5,500 acres. It was declared out on July 30, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.314, -104.903.
The incident
- Size
- 5,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016 at 4:31 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 26, 2016 at 11:56 PM MDT
- Declared out
- July 30, 2016 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN5S-000503
- IRWIN identifier
- D21D94F0-D192-42D1-AC31-01238995D920
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fort Sumner, 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 August 8, 2016 at 2:43 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMN5S-000503.