Spur Fire
The Spur Fire was reported on May 21, 2016 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 2,900 acres. It was declared out on August 26, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,900 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2016
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.870, -108.792.
The incident
- Size
- 2,900 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 21, 2016 at 7:12 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 28, 2016 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 26, 2016 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 26, 2016 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Luna
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $120,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMGNF-000176
- IRWIN identifier
- 525B8703-1727-42DF-AA9D-4C32B547D125
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Eagar, AZ33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Springerville, AZ34 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Saint Johns, AZ55 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ64 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Morenci, AZ64 miles southwest 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 August 26, 2016 at 8:26 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMGNF-000176.