Midlow Fire
The Midlow Fire burned 1,499 acres in New Mexico, in 1988. MTBS dates its ignition to March 27, 1988.
- Size
- 1,499 acres
- Ignition
- March 27, 1988
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,499 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.931, -106.843.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,499 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 27, 1988
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3393110684319880327
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in New Mexico in 198812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Fire | 20,316 | Dec 23, 1988 | |
| Tatum Fire | 15,150 | Nov 26, 1988 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,447 | Apr 7, 1988 | |
| Rosa Fire | 7,385 | Feb 22, 1988 | |
| Magnum Fire | 6,487 | Mar 10, 1988 | |
| Kemnitz Fire | 5,930 | Nov 8, 1988 | |
| Miami Fire | 3,152 | Mar 25, 1988 | |
| Saw Fire | 3,110 | May 6, 1988 | |
| Lechugwest Fire | 2,729 | Jun 13, 1988 | |
| Unit 21 Fire | 2,715 | Dec 19, 1988 | |
| Custer Fire | 2,406 | Nov 15, 1988 | |
| Milagro Fire | 1,954 | Feb 21, 1988 |
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.