Marsh Fire
The Marsh Fire was reported on July 20, 2016 in San Miguel County, New Mexico and burned 2,600 acres. It is 93 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Contained
- 93%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2016
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 35.737, -104.746.
The incident
- Size
- 2,600 acres
- Containment
- 93%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2016 at 7:35 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- San Miguel County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Watrous
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN4S-000401
- IRWIN identifier
- E4C4C420-7745-40CB-A284-A3D34CD6D431
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Las Vegas, 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 July 25, 2016 at 8:35 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMN4S-000401.