Socorro County, New Mexico · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
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| Size | — |
341 acres Jul 22, 6:00 PM
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| Containment | — |
100% Jul 22, 6:00 PM
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| Crew size | — |
5 Jul 22, 6:00 PM
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| Money spent | — |
$3.8M Jul 22, 6:00 PM
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The Six Mile Fire is a wildfire near Socorro County, New Mexico. It has burned about 341 acres (about 258 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 3 months ago. About 5 people are on it, run by a Area Command. We're also tracking 3 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:00 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
78°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 15 mph S · 17% chance of rain
Tonight
66°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 5% chance of rain
Thursday
82°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 15 mph S · 14% chance of rain
Thursday Night
67°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph W · 11% chance of rain
Friday
84°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph N · 25% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Wednesday, July 22nd at 6:04 p.m. CDT.
About 5 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Area Command. About $4 million has been spent on it so far.
The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.
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Within about 75 miles we're tracking 3 other active fires, closest first:
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