Tadpole Fire
The Tadpole Fire was reported on June 6, 2020 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 11,412 acres. It was declared out on October 8, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,412 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 6, 2020
- Personnel
- 13
Map
Perimeter mapped June 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM MDT, 11,402 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 32.954, -108.273.
The incident
- Size
- 11,412 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 6, 2020 at 1:51 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2020 at 6:25 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 6, 2020 at 11:42 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 8, 2020 at 10:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 2.5 miles north of Pinos Altos NM, Tadpole Ridge
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,900,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMGNF-000232
- IRWIN identifier
- F823FE9E-0A01-4E41-8D22-2EC8A04F0215
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arenas Valley, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Arenas Valley, NM12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Lordsburg, NM49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2020 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 March 1, 2021 at 3:23 PM MST. Identifier 2020-NMGNF-000232.