Paramount Fire
The Paramount Fire was reported on July 11, 2024 in Sierra County, New Mexico and burned 1,328 acres. It was declared out on November 13, 2024. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,328 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped August 19, 2024 at 10:24 AM MDT, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 33.428, -107.976.
The incident
- Size
- 1,328 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2024 at 2:07 PM MDT
- Contained
- July 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- July 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM MDT
- Declared out
- November 13, 2024 at 1:04 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Doagy Canyon and HWY 59
- County
- Sierra County
- State
- New Mexico
- Nearest city reported
- Winston
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $150,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NMGNF-000347
- IRWIN identifier
- 7FE46100-296C-4E76-A71B-47AB8E78D64D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mimbres, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mimbres, NM40 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM46 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Truth or Consequences, NM47 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM47 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM49 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 November 13, 2024 at 1:21 PM MST. Identifier 2024-NMGNF-000347.