Cactus Fire
The Cactus Fire was reported on July 29, 2016 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and burned 1,680 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,680 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2016
- Personnel
- 7
Radar
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.360, -104.740.
The incident
- Size
- 1,680 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2016 at 1:15 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- San Miguel County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Trementina
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $30,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN4S-004045
- IRWIN identifier
- 1FA9E73C-1B1D-49C2-9F0E-9EAA7696A3C9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Santa Rosa, NM covers the area today.
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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 July 31, 2016 at 6:37 PM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMN4S-004045.