Blue 2 Fire
The Blue 2 Fire was reported on May 16, 2024 in Lincoln County, New Mexico and burned 7,532 acres. It was declared out on September 11, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,532 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped October 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM MDT, 7,532 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 33.429, -105.799.
The incident
- Size
- 7,532 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2024 at 2:30 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- September 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- White Mtn Wilderness approximately 8 miles North of Ruidoso
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Ruidoso
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $18,648,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMLNF-000227
- IRWIN identifier
- FCD4A689-8EDA-418A-B238-5A8FA9DB0DE9
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from May 19, 2024 (0 acres) to July 17, 2024 (7,532 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,188 acres, mapped May 26, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2024 | 0 | |
| May 20, 2024 | 45 | +45 |
| May 23, 2024 | 1,478 | +1,433 |
| May 24, 2024 | 2,807 | +1,329 |
| May 25, 2024 | 3,427 | +620 |
| May 26, 2024 | 6,615 | +3,188 |
| May 27, 2024 | 6,863 | +248 |
| May 28, 2024 | 7,178 | +315 |
| May 29, 2024 | 7,402 | +224 |
| May 30, 2024 | 7,455 | +53 |
| May 31, 2024 | 7,457 | +2 |
| June 1, 2024 | 7,457 | 0 |
| June 2, 2024 | 7,495 | +38 |
| June 4, 2024 | 7,532 | +37 |
| July 17, 2024 | 7,532 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Ruidoso, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Ruidoso, NM10 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Ruidoso Downs, NM13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Capitan, NM15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Mescalero, NM19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Tularosa, NM28 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- La Luz, NM32 miles south 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 3, 2024 at 2:44 PM MDT. Identifier 2024-NMLNF-000227.