Patterson Fire
The Patterson Fire was reported on May 16, 2019 in Chaves County, New Mexico and burned 987 acres. It was declared out on May 28, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 987 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2019
- Personnel
- 12
Radar
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.328, -104.367.
The incident
- Size
- 987 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2019 at 6:54 PM MDT
- Contained
- May 21, 2019 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- May 28, 2019 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- May 28, 2019 at 5:01 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 13 Miles southeast of Roswell
- County
- Chaves County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- ALAMOGORDO
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $420,680
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NMN5S-000151
- IRWIN identifier
- 127066A5-9722-4054-8DDD-0F03FB5D34D4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Midway, NM covers the area today.
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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 June 2, 2019 at 12:26 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NMN5S-000151.