Noonday Fire
The Noonday Fire was reported on July 22, 2023 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 927 acres. It was declared out on August 30, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 927 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023
- Personnel
- 23
Map
Perimeter mapped October 3, 2023 at 11:59 AM MDT, 0 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 32.935, -107.868.
The incident
- Size
- 927 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023 at 8:15 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 25, 2023 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 29, 2023 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- August 30, 2023 at 11:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Noonday Canyon North of NM HWY 152 Gila NF
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Mimibres
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 23
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $54,800
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMGNF-000423
- IRWIN identifier
- 01DF0FA4-04A6-49EC-93B2-223A01BFC9C4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mimbres, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mimbres, NM8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM26 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 August 31, 2023 at 2:16 PM MDT. Identifier 2023-NMGNF-000423.