Buckthorn Fire
The Buckthorn Fire was reported on April 20, 2022 in Eddy County, New Mexico and burned 1,152 acres. It was declared out on April 26, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,152 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2022
- Personnel
- 46
Map
Perimeter mapped June 15, 2022 at 2:28 PM MDT, 1,152 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.119, -103.785.
The incident
- Size
- 1,152 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 20, 2022 at 2:35 PM MDT
- Contained
- April 21, 2022 at 3:10 PM MDT
- Controlled
- April 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- April 26, 2022 at 9:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- EAST OF INTERSECTION OF BUCK JACKSON AND BUCKTHORN
- County
- Eddy County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- VILLAGE OF MALAGA
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 46
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMCAD-000144
- IRWIN identifier
- 31B8591A-101E-4325-A711-031C5C635BC7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Loving, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 21, 2022 at 3:36 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMCAD-000144.