Culberson Fire
The Culberson Fire burned 33,758 acres in New Mexico, in 1990. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 33,758 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 33,758 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Middle of the perimeter, 33.663, -108.120.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 33,758 acres
- State
- New Mexico
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1990-NMSCD-049469
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fire | 24,753 | May 13, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,596 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Redondo Fire | 5,406 | Jun 21, 1990 | |
| Solada Fire | 3,418 | Jun 2, 1990 | |
| Hilo-Peak Fire | 2,908 | Jun 27, 1990 | |
| Obar Fire | 2,892 | Feb 8, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,784 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Mine Fire | 2,552 | Jun 30, 1990 | |
| Sophia Fire | 2,445 | Apr 16, 1990 | |
| Gileslee Fire | 2,353 | Jun 5, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,222 | Apr 4, 1990 | |
| Wilson Fire | 2,078 | Jun 28, 1990 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.