Village Fire
The Village Fire was reported on March 28, 2022 in Otero County, New Mexico and burned 1,926 acres. It was declared out on April 4, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,926 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2022
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped April 20, 2023 at 2:08 PM MDT, 1,927 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 32.341, -105.818.
The incident
- Size
- 1,926 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 28, 2022 at 6:05 PM MDT
- Contained
- March 29, 2022 at 2:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- April 1, 2022 at 1:20 PM MDT
- Declared out
- April 4, 2022 at 10:45 AM MDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- FT Bliss Military Reservation- Centennial Bombing Range
- County
- Otero County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-NMLCD-000081
- IRWIN identifier
- DB2AA895-EA2E-454C-B703-D4BFEFD3C340
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Boles Acres, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Boles Acres, NM34 miles north of the fire’s origin
- White Sands, NM39 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Holloman Air Force Base, NM39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Alamogordo, NM40 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Homestead Meadows North, TX40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Chaparral, NM40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 April 4, 2022 at 10:37 AM MDT. Identifier 2022-NMLCD-000081.