Blackwater Draw Fire
The Blackwater Draw Fire was reported on March 29, 2022 in Roosevelt County, New Mexico and burned 1,482 acres.
- Size
- 1,482 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 29, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped date not reported, 1,026 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 34.244, -103.244.
The incident
- Size
- 1,482 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- March 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM MDT
- Cause
- Not reported
- County
- Roosevelt County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMN5S-N5S072
- IRWIN identifier
- C5A6FF01-1207-42CE-A377-0F1F7C093ED5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Portales, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Portales, NM7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Clovis, NM11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Cannon Air Force Base, NM12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Texico, NM15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Farwell, TX15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bovina, TX28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
New Mexico wildfires today Wildfires of 2022 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 February 3, 2023 at 12:03 PM MST. Identifier 2022-NMN5S-N5S072.