Colfax County, New Mexico · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
10 acres
Aug 17, 11:00 AM
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| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Biglow Canyon Fire is a wildfire near Colfax County, New Mexico. It has burned about 10 acres (about 8 football fields). It was first reported 12 days ago.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, August 8th at 8:00 a.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
90°F · Haze
Wind 0 to 10 mph SW · 19% chance of rain
Tonight
56°F · Isolated Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 10 mph NW · 18% chance of rain
Sunday
91°F · Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 mph SW · 22% chance of rain
Sunday Night
57°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph SW · 15% chance of rain
Monday
91°F · Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 5 mph SW · 35% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, August 8th at 8:03 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.
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No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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