Round Fire
The Round Fire was reported on June 6, 2017 in Sierra County, New Mexico and burned 7,525 acres. It was declared out on July 31, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,525 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 6, 2017
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.324, -107.905.
The incident
- Size
- 7,525 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 6, 2017 at 4:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 27, 2017 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- July 31, 2017 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 31, 2017 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 16 miles west of Winston, New Mexico
- County
- Sierra County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Winston
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NMGNF-000171
- IRWIN identifier
- ECEFAB4A-73DA-4D23-A23E-7BCC02164D10
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mimbres, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mimbres, NM33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM40 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM40 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM41 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Elephant Butte, NM43 miles east 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 18, 2018 at 2:12 PM MDT. Identifier 2017-NMGNF-000171.