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Sunday, July 20, 2025
Turkeyfeather Wildfire Receives Rain
Acres: 24,128 Location: 22 miles south of Reserve, NM Containment: 23%
Start Date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Personnel: 140 Cause: Natural/Lightning
Dry lightning Friday evening led to five new fire starts in the vicinity of the Turkeyfeather wildfire. Firefighters in the area quickly responded and all were suppressed. Crews will continue to secure the new starts today.
Saturday afternoon the Turkeyfeather wildfire received widespread, wetting rains. The increased moisture and overcast skies helped minimize fire behavior, with the fire primarily creeping and smoldering in the area southeast of Willow Creek and around Moonshine Canyon.
Goose Fire Update Saturday July 19, 2025
Reported date: July 9, 2025 Containment: 0% Cause: Lightning/Natural Size: 1845 acres
Personnel: 158 Fuels: Timber, Brush Strategy: Full Suppression
Fire behavior: Minimal, Creeping, Smoldering
Operations: Yesterday, crews continued working in the southwest and southeast area of the fire to advance containment of the fire. Progress resumed to establish alternate and contingency lines in the Victor Road, Goose Lake Trail #238, and Forest Service Road 282 areas. The north and eastern areas of the fire were unstaffed for safety reasons due to challenging terrain and increased fire behavior experienced the previous day. Two Type 1 helicopter supported the incident with water bucket drops in the morning, but it was grounded in the afternoon due to risks associated with the weather.
NM 15 northbound and southbound from mile marker 8, 1 mile north of Pinos Altos to mile marker 15, 8 miles north of Pinos Altos is open and removed from NMRoads.
ROAD CLOSURES:
CLOSURE- Silver City, Pinos Altos, Lake Roberts Area
Closure, NM 15 northbound and southbound from mile marker 8, 1 mile north of Pinos Altos to mile marker 15, 8 miles north of Pinos Altos is closed due to transporting of heavy equipment.
On July 10, 2025, the Grant County Commissioners approved a letter to the Hidalgo Medical Services Board of Directors.
The document is a scanned document, which is attached below in PDF format:
Photos Courtesy of Rebekah Wenger taken this afternoon July 18, 2925.
Her comment was: "It's a mess out here."
They are in the area of Camp Thunderbird and highway 35 at Ponderosa Road.
FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MIMBRES RIVER UNTIL* WHAT...Small stream flooding.
* WHERE...Portions of the Mimbres River in Grant and Luna Counties in New Mexico.
* WHEN...Until 1015 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of river fords and low water crossings on
public roads and private driveways is expected, and may cut off
access to homes and farms on the left bank of the river. Flooding
may also impact the area near the Royal John Mine Road bridge at the confluence of the Mimbres River and Gallinas Canyon.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
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