Walker Fire
The Walker Fire was reported on July 29, 2020 in Eddy County, New Mexico and burned 2,806 acres. It was declared out on August 7, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,806 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2020
- Personnel
- 49
Map
Perimeter mapped July 29, 2020 at 9:56 PM MDT, 200 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 32.121, -103.845.
The incident
- Size
- 2,806 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2020 at 3:56 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 30, 2020 at 9:07 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2020 at 11:44 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 7, 2020 at 2:30 PM MDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- Buck Jackson Ranch
- County
- Eddy County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 49
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NMCAD-000448
- IRWIN identifier
- 50BB1BD9-967A-43BE-B0E5-7497249887D5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Loving, 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 September 16, 2020 at 2:08 PM MDT. Identifier 2020-NMCAD-000448.