246 Fire
The 246 Fire was reported on April 12, 2018 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 3,360 acres. It was declared out on May 29, 2018.
- Size
- 3,360 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2018
- Personnel
- 45
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.585, -105.526.
The incident
- Size
- 3,360 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 12, 2018 at 5:06 PM MDT
- Contained
- April 20, 2018 at 7:09 PM MDT
- Controlled
- April 27, 2018 at 2:51 PM MDT
- Declared out
- May 29, 2018 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- 5 Miles North of Capitan
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Capitan
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- SF
- Personnel assigned
- 45
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $775,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NMN5S-000200
- IRWIN identifier
- 0D366104-B893-44FB-A898-BB07AA41DCFB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Capitan, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Capitan, NM4 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso Downs, NM18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso, NM19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Mescalero, NM33 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tularosa, NM45 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- La Luz, NM48 miles southwest 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 May 29, 2018 at 1:23 PM MDT. Identifier 2018-NMN5S-000200.