School Fire
The School Fire was reported on July 9, 2016 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 7,315 acres. It was declared out on September 8, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,315 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2016
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.441, -108.570.
The incident
- Size
- 7,315 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2016 at 7:37 AM MDT
- Contained
- July 19, 2016 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- September 8, 2016 at 8:15 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 8, 2016 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Reserve
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $80,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMGNF-000408
- IRWIN identifier
- B7D4EC11-909E-40C4-BB04-010F9EE73C18
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM49 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ50 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM50 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Morenci, AZ51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM52 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
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 8, 2016 at 8:27 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMGNF-000408.