Packstring Fire
The Packstring Fire was reported on August 22, 2025 in Catron County, New Mexico and burned 129 acres. It was declared out on September 22, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 129 acres
- Contained
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2025
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeter mapped September 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM MDT, 129 acres (gps-walked). Point of origin 33.265, -108.489.
The incident
- Size
- 129 acres
- Containment
- 80%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM MDT
- Declared out
- September 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM MDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles E from Glenwood, NM
- County
- Catron County
- State
- New Mexico
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Light Logging Slash
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NMGNF-000707
- IRWIN identifier
- EC0F44CF-177C-4B10-AB3D-E08FE6D820E2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Reserve, NM covers the area today.
Nearby
- Reserve, NM35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver City, NM36 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Arenas Valley, NM37 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Santa Clara, NM39 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Bayard, NM40 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Hurley, NM44 miles southeast 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 September 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM MDT. Identifier 2025-NMGNF-000707.