Incident Name: White’s Peak Start Date & Time: 6-13-2013 11:20 Start Location: 10 miles NE of Ocate, NM/ 14 Miles Southwest of Cimarron, NM Cause of Fire: Lightning Area Vegetation: Ponderosa Pine, Mixed Conifer Acres Burned: APPROX 850+ acres based on aircraft recon Ownership(s): Private Structures Threatened: 3 unoccupied structures SE of Fire, 1- out-building 1 mile North of the fire. Structures Burned:0 Evacuations (Y or N & #): NO Situation: The Fire is burning in Northeast New Mexico on State and Private land. Currently, air tankers are making retardant drops to slow the spread of the fire. The fire is burning in a remote area approximately 3 miles south of the Philmont Scout Ranch Border. The Pecos Zone Type III Interagency Incident Management Team has been ordered to manage the fire. Approximately 100 + scouts and staff from the Philmont Boy Scout Ranch located at the southern area of the ranch were relocated to different areas of the Ranch as a precaution. Information regarding the scout relocation can be found at philmontscoutranch.org. % Contained:0 Temperature: 87 Relative Humidity: 22 Wind Speeds: 5 Wind Direction: SW Condition of Fire: Main fire is burning to the N-NE and is making short lived runs with isolated Group torching and long range spotting. # of Engines:10 # of Bulldozers: 2 # of hand crews: 2 # of helicopters: 1 # of air tankers: 4 # of water tenders: Total # of Personnel: 59
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:53:54 +0000