Turkey Fire
The Turkey Fire was reported on July 22, 2023 in Grant County, New Mexico and burned 5,620 acres. It was declared out on October 13, 2023.
- Size
- 5,620 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023
- Personnel
- 18
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped October 11, 2023 at 1:43 PM MDT, 5,612 acres (remote sensing derived). Point of origin 33.028, -108.454.
The incident
- Size
- 5,620 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2023 at 4:55 PM MDT
- Contained
- October 6, 2023 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Controlled
- October 9, 2023 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Declared out
- October 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM MDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 10 miles northeast of the communities of Cliff/Gila
- County
- Grant County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Silver City
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,580,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-NMGNF-000419
- IRWIN identifier
- B377E3AC-524C-466F-A4EC-88264EFE7E43
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 6, 2023 (2 acres) to October 11, 2023 (5,612 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,209 acres, mapped August 13, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 6, 2023 | 2 | |
| August 9, 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| August 13, 2023 | 5,211 | +5,209 |
| September 19, 2023 | 5,211 | 0 |
| October 11, 2023 | 5,612 | +401 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Silver City, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Silver City, NM20 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM26 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clifton, AZ49 miles west 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 October 17, 2023 at 9:35 AM MDT. Identifier 2023-NMGNF-000419.