High Desert Complex
The High Desert Complex was reported on June 14, 2017 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 2,577 acres. It was declared out on June 16, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,577 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 38
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.150, -105.122.
The incident
- Size
- 2,577 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 14, 2017 at 3:58 PM MDT
- Contained
- June 14, 2017 at 6:50 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 15, 2017 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- June 16, 2017 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- State Road 2447 33 miles East of Corona
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 38
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMN5S-000309
- IRWIN identifier
- A780E88D-3326-48FD-8068-1954D2A405DA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Capitan, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Capitan, NM49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santa Rosa, NM60 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Roswell, NM62 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso Downs, NM63 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso, NM65 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Estancia, NM68 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 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 June 30, 2017 at 3:55 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMN5S-000309.