North Fire
The North Fire was reported on May 21, 2016 in Socorro County, New Mexico and burned 42,102 acres. It was declared out on August 19, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 42,102 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2016
- Personnel
- 4
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 33.788, -107.425.
The incident
- Size
- 42,102 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2016 at 4:47 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 21, 2016 at 7:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 19, 2016 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 19, 2016 at 4:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Socorro County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMCIF-000232
- IRWIN identifier
- B90F07BC-2F2A-4B5D-AB12-35DC35A7614A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Magdalena, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Magdalena, NM25 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Socorro, NM36 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NM44 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM46 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM47 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Jarales, NM68 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 September 13, 2018 at 7:25 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMCIF-000232.