Cowboy Fire
The Cowboy Fire was reported on March 3, 2016 in Hidalgo County, New Mexico and burned 4,000 acres. It was declared out on March 28, 2016.
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 3, 2016
- Personnel
- 5
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.603, -108.657.
The incident
- Size
- 4,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 3, 2016 at 9:41 AM MST
- Contained
- March 8, 2016 at 6:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- March 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- March 28, 2016 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Hidalgo County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Animas
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 5
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,355
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMLCD-000049
- IRWIN identifier
- 59E34F01-B05A-4644-9B43-7951A41F72ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lordsburg, 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 21, 2016 at 11:34 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMLCD-000049.