Mitchell Fire
The Mitchell Fire was reported on April 22, 2022 in Harding County, New Mexico and burned 25,000 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 25,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped April 22, 2022 at 4:30 PM MDT, 25,000 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 35.802, -103.842.
The incident
- Size
- 25,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 22, 2022 at 11:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 7 miles East of Mosquero, NM
- County
- Harding County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Mosquero
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $135,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMN4S-000052
- IRWIN identifier
- 7E502A20-F0EE-4877-B9F6-22821217F9C1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mosquero, 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 May 12, 2022 at 6:05 PM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMN4S-000052.