Yellow Glow Fire
The Yellow Glow Fire was reported on August 2, 2016 in Lea County, New Mexico and burned 2,000 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016
- Personnel
- 22
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.387, -103.110.
The incident
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 2, 2016 at 9:45 AM MDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2016 at 11:15 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 3, 2016 at 12:45 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2016 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Lea County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- TATUM
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NMN5S-000538
- IRWIN identifier
- 9B210176-2417-42AB-89AF-6CDA8E6B8F27
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tatum, 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 August 8, 2016 at 11:26 AM MDT. Identifier 2016-NMN5S-000538.