Marsh Fire
The Marsh Fire was reported on April 28, 2023 in Mora County, New Mexico and burned 1,678 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,678 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 28, 2023
Map
Perimeter mapped April 28, 2023 at 6:00 PM MDT, 1,678 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 35.840, -104.798.
The incident
- Size
- 1,678 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 28, 2023 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 Miles East Of Watrous NM
- County
- Mora County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Watrous
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMN4S-000051
- IRWIN identifier
- 221B7514-22F4-4FD3-8B1D-BBA5E52AF905
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Las Vegas, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Las Vegas, NM29 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Angel Fire, NM47 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pecos, NM53 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Ranchos de Taos, NM58 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos, NM58 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Taos Pueblo, NM59 miles northwest 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 May 24, 2023 at 5:29 PM MDT. Identifier 2023-NMN4S-000051.