Location: between Blood Canyon and Brushy Mountain, Wilderness Ranger District, Gila National Forest Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~ 8,370 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon Juniper Containment: 15% Resources: Three 20-person Interagency Hotshot Crews (IHC) The strategy for today is for two IHCs to hot spot and cold trail the northeast/east flank and contain […]
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Gila National Forest: Update on Tadpole Fire for June 14, 2020 – Silver City Ranger District
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Sunday, June 14, 2020, 12:00 P.M. MT Fire Information Line: (575) 654-4181 (575) 313-4678 OR Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6737/ Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. TADPOLE FIRE Location: 12 miles north of Silver City Start Date: June 6, 2020 Cause: Lightning […]
Continue readingGila National Forest -Update on Tadpole Fire for June 13, 2020 – Silver City Ranger District
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Saturday, June 13, 2020, 11:00 A.M. MT Fire Information Line: (575) 654-4181 (575) 313-4678 Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6737/ Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. TADPOLE FIRE Location: 12 miles north of Silver City Start Date: June 6, 2020 Cause: Lightning Total […]
Continue readingGila National Forest – Update on Tadpole Fire for June 12, 2020 – Wilderness Ranger District
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Friday, June 12, 2020, 12:00 P.M. MT Fire Information Line: (575) 313-4678 OR (575)654-4181 Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6737/ Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. TADPOLE FIRE Location: 12 miles north of Silver City Acres: 6,017 Start Date: June 6, 2020 Cause: Lightning […]
Continue readingGila National Forest: AM Update for Tadpole Fire June 11, 2020 Silver City Ranger District
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20200611_Tadpole_IRMap_11x17Land Tuesday, June 11, 2020, 12:00 P.M. MT Fire Information Line: (575) 313-4678 OR (575)654-4181 Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6737/ Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. TADPOLE FIRE Location: 12 miles north of Silver City Start […]
Continue readingGila National Forest: Update on Good Turkey Fire for June 11, 2020 – Wilderness Ranger District
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Good Turkey Fire Location: between Blood Canyon and Brushy Mountain, Wilderness Ranger District, Gila National Forest Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~ 5,900 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon-Juniper Resources: eight smokejumpers, three 20-person Interagency Hotshot Crew, and a seven-person Wilderness District crew. Objectives and Strategy: The main objective for managing this fire is to […]
Continue readingUpdate on Good and Turkey Fire for June 9, 2020, Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District
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Good Fire Location: in Blood Good Canyon, Wilderness Ranger District, Gila National Forest Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~ 800 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon Juniper Resources: eight smokejumpers, one 20-person Interagency Hotshot Crew, and a seven-person Wilderness District crew. Turkey Fire Location: northeast of Brushy Mountain, Wilderness RD, Gila National Forest Start Date: […]
Continue readingA.M. Update for June 9, 2020 – Tadpole Fire, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 12:00 P.M. MT Fire Information Line: (575) 313-4678 (575)654-4502 Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6737/ Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Location: 12 miles north of Silver City Start Date: June 6, 2020 Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Timber with grass understory, brush, and […]
Continue readingFinal Update for the Tortolita Fire 6/9/20 – Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name – Tortolita Fire Jurisdiction: State, Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 5 acres. (4.5 acres on private land. 0.5 acres on US Forest Service Land) Containment: 80% Cause: Unknown, Under Investigation Date/Time Detected: 6/7/2020 3:45 pm Location: Approximately 2 miles southwest of Nogal, NM. Lat/Long: 33°32’7.37″N, 105°43’57.71″W Firefighting Resources: 2 engines […]
Continue readingUpdate on Good Fire and Turkey Fire June 8, 2020 – Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District
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Map_Turkey Good June 7 2020 Good Fire Location: in Blood Good Canyon, Wilderness Ranger District, Gila National Forest Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~ 630 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon Juniper Resources: eight smokejumpers Turkey Fire Location: northeast of Brushy Mountain, Wilderness RD, Gila National Forest Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~500 acres […]
Continue readingTadpole Fire Update June 8, 2020, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District
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Fire Information Line: (575) 313-4678 (575)654-4502 Visit the New Mexico Fire Information website at http://www.nmfireinfo.com Additional Fire Information available: http://www.inciweb.nwcg.gov Office hours: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. TADPOLE FIRE Start date: 6/6/2020 Cause: Lightning Estimated Fire Size: TADPOLE FIRE: 600 Acres % Contained: 0% # of Firefighters: 90 Injuries to date: 0 Estimated […]
Continue readingTortolita Fire Update 6/8/20 – Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name – Tortolita Fire Jurisdiction: State, Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 5 acres. (4.5 acres on private land. 0.5 acres on US Forest Service Land) Containment: 50% Cause: Unknown, Under Investigation Date/Time Detected: 6/7/2020 3:45 pm Location: Approximately 2 miles southwest of Nogal, NM. Between Church Mountain and Nogal Peak. Lat/Long: […]
Continue readingNew Start – Tortolita Fire – Lincoln National Forest Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name – Tortolita Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: Approximately 5 acres Cause: Unknown Date/Time Detected: 6/7/2020 3:45 pm Location: Approximately 2 miles southwest of Nogal, NM. Between Church Mountain and Nogal Peak. Lat/Long: 33°32’7.37″N, 105°43’57.71″W Firefighting Resources: 1 engine plus support personnel, 1 helicopter, county and state resources, 2 single-engine […]
Continue readingUpdate on Tadpole Fire, June 7, 2020, Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District
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Location: south of Tadpole Ridge, Silver City Ranger District, Grant County, NM Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~450 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon Juniper, Ponderosa Pine Resources: One (1) FS Engine, four hand crews travelling to the incident including two Hot Shot Crews. Gila/Las Cruces Type 3 IMT will take over the incident […]
Continue readingTwo Fires – Gila National Forest, Wilderness Ranger District
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Turkey Fire Location: northeast of Brushy Mountain, Wilderness RD Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~27 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: Pinyon Juniper Resources: eight smokejumpers and two helitack crew Good Fire Location: in Blood Good Canyon, Wilderness Ranger District, Catron County, NM Start Date: June 6, 2020 Size: ~ 35 acres Cause: Lightning Vegetation: […]
Continue readingEast Mountain Fire Final Update 6/5/2020- Lincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name: East Mountain Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 5.7 acres Cause: Lightning Date Detected: June 2, 2020 Location: Capitan Mountain Wilderness Area on the south side of the mountain Fuel Type: Pinyon-Juniper, dead and down trees remaining from the Peppin Fire in 2004. Values at Risk: Private Land Percent […]
Continue readingEast Mountain Fire Update 6/4/2020- Lincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name: East Mountain Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 5.5 acres Cause: Lightning Date Detected: June 2, 2020 Location: Capitan Mountain Wilderness Area on the south side of the mountain Fuel Type: Pinyon-Juniper, dead and down trees remaining from the Pepin Fire in 2004. Values at Risk: Private Land Fire Update […]
Continue readingEast Mountain Fire Update 6/3/2020- Lincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Incident Name: East Mountain Fire Jurisdiction: Lincoln National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: 3 acres Cause: Lightning Date Detected: June 2, 2020 Location: Capitan Mountain Wilderness Area on the south side of the mountain Fuel Type: Pinyon-Juniper and dead and down trees remaining from the Pepin Fire in 2004. Values at Risk: Private Land […]
Continue readingEast Mountain Fire- Lincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District
June 2, 2020 0 Comments
This is an update to the post made earlier this evening about the new fire start on the Smokey Bear Ranger District. In order to get information out to the public as quickly as possible, the fire had not been named yet at the time of the post. We now have an official name of […]
Continue readingNew Start- Lincoln National Forest- Smokey Bear Ranger District
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Jurisdiction: US Forest Service, Smokey Bear Ranger District Size: Approximately 2 acres Cause: Lightning Date Detected: June 2, 2020 Location: Capitan Mountain Wilderness Area on the south side of the mountain. Fuel Type: Burning in dead and down trees remaining from the Pepin Fire in 2004. Values at Risk: No values at risk have been […]
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