Newton Fire
The Newton Fire burned 5,382 acres in New Mexico, in 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to February 21, 1992.
- Size
- 5,382 acres
- Ignition
- February 21, 1992
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,382 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.383, -104.474.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,382 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 21, 1992
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3442710449919920221
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creel Fire | 29,000 | Jun 3, 1992 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,000 | Oct 1, 1992 | Human |
| Augustine Fire | 8,900 | Mar 8, 1992 | |
| Frontier Fire | 8,000 | Mar 19, 1992 | |
| Gobbler Fire | 6,000 | Jun 23, 1992 | Natural |
| Cub Fire | 4,000 | Jun 24, 1992 | Natural |
| Beaver Fire | 3,150 | Sep 28, 1992 | Natural |
| Meeks Fire | 3,000 | Mar 7, 1992 | |
| Isabel Fire | 2,880 | Apr 4, 1992 | |
| Perez Fire | 2,663 | Apr 15, 1992 | |
| Sawyer Fire | 2,160 | May 14, 1992 | |
| Stiles Fire | 1,920 | Oct 9, 1992 |
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.