Felix Fire
The Felix Fire burned 2,023 acres in New Mexico, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to July 30, 1987.
- Size
- 2,023 acres
- Ignition
- July 30, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,023 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.087, -104.462.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,023 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 30, 1987
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3308710446219870730
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in New Mexico in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Fire | 9,413 | ||
| White Pinnacle Fire | 3,154 | ||
| Horsecamp Fire | 2,421 | ||
| Tatum Fire | 2,355 | Nov 30, 1987 | |
| Aspen Fire | 2,348 | ||
| Monument Fire | 1,987 | Aug 14, 1987 | |
| Sedan Fire | 1,671 | Jul 7, 1987 | |
| Gwynn Fire | 1,663 | ||
| Blood Fire | 1,547 | ||
| Well Fire | 1,533 | Jan 30, 1987 | |
| Haystack Fire | 1,483 | ||
| Chalk Fire | 1,468 | Aug 8, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.