Kaiser 8 Fire
The Kaiser 8 Fire was reported on March 2, 2016 in Roosevelt County, New Mexico and burned 18,500 acres. It was declared out on March 5, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 18,500 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 2, 2016
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.752, -103.199.
The incident
- Size
- 18,500 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 2, 2016 at 5:27 PM CST
- Contained
- March 3, 2016 at 1:00 PM CST
- Controlled
- March 3, 2016 at 4:00 PM CST
- Declared out
- March 5, 2016 at 1:00 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Roosevelt County
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN5S-000053
- IRWIN identifier
- 265FB986-788B-40F2-A54C-5A037B7D21ED
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Morton, TX 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 April 13, 2016 at 9:53 AM CDT. Identifier 2016-NMN5S-000053.