Sierra County, New Mexico · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size |
2 acres Jul 31, 10:00 AM
|
100 acres
Jul 31, 12:00 PM
+98 acres
was 2 acres · Jul 31, 10:00 AM
|
+98 acres
in about 2 hours
|
| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Sawpit Fire is a wildfire near Sierra County, New Mexico. It has burned about 100 acres (about 76 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported today. We're also tracking 5 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Friday, July 31st at 12:00 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.
Today
99°F · Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 9 to 13 mph N · 26% chance of rain
Tonight
70°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 to 12 mph NNW · 26% chance of rain
Saturday
93°F · Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 to 10 mph NE · 54% chance of rain
Saturday Night
65°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 9 mph N · 33% chance of rain
Sunday
92°F · Sunny
Wind 5 to 10 mph S · 8% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Friday, July 31st at 11:06 a.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
Within about 75 miles we're tracking 5 other active fires, closest first:
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