Three Rivers Fire
The Three Rivers Fire was reported on April 26, 2021 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 5,854 acres. It was declared out on July 12, 2021.
- Size
- 5,854 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 26, 2021
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped May 18, 2021 at 11:15 PM MDT, 7,033 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.402, -105.871.
The incident
- Size
- 5,854 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 26, 2021 at 8:42 AM MDT
- Contained
- May 31, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- June 17, 2021 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- July 12, 2021 at 4:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined, Undetermined
- Location
- North side-Ruidoso, NM South side-Three Rivers CG, Mescalero and Tularosa, NM
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,233,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NMLNF-000130
- IRWIN identifier
- 2EF73F92-8DFC-4533-97C3-B0456450C73E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ruidoso, 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 November 12, 2021 at 8:46 AM MST. Identifier 2021-NMLNF-000130.