Big Fire
The Big Fire burned 9,179 acres in New Mexico, in 1991. MTBS dates its ignition to March 5, 1991.
- Size
- 9,179 acres
- Ignition
- March 5, 1991
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,179 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.590, -103.476.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,179 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 5, 1991
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3359010347619910305
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Note on the perimeter
- Big acre difference
Other large fires in New Mexico in 19918
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,316 | May 16, 1991 | |
| Mile High Fire | 2,280 | Apr 5, 1991 | |
| To Fire | 2,193 | Apr 18, 1991 | |
| Hisel Fire | 1,784 | Mar 26, 1991 | |
| Lovington Fire | 1,768 | Mar 6, 1991 | |
| Ashbrook Fire | 1,732 | Apr 12, 1991 | |
| Coleman Fire | 1,297 | Jul 10, 1991 | |
| Hudson Fire | 1,260 | Jun 14, 1991 |
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.