Prevost Fire
The Prevost Fire was reported on July 13, 2023 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 893 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 893 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2023
- Personnel
- 33
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 32.473, -108.365.
The incident
- Size
- 893 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2023 at 6:37 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 17, 2023 at 9:15 AM MDT
- Controlled
- August 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 3, 2023 at 5:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- South of Silver City
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 33
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMN3S-000371
- IRWIN identifier
- 916A93CC-DF0A-41F1-8E27-95A1CE21E52B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tyrone, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tyrone, NM17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM21 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lordsburg, NM22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM24 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM25 miles northeast 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 4, 2023 at 10:47 AM MDT. Identifier 2023-NMN3S-000371.