Double X Fire
The Double X Fire burned 1,650 acres in New Mexico, in 1993. It was discovered on March 24, 1993, and contained on March 24, 1993. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,650 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 1993
- Contained
- March 24, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,521 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.217, -103.667.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,521 acres
- Discovered
- March 24, 1993, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 24, 1993, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Roswell Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3221910362119930324
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35473
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Fire | 32,000 | May 14, 1993 | Natural |
| Linch Fire | 27,181 | Jun 9, 1993 | Natural |
| Jaltwo Fire | 19,610 | Jun 3, 1993 | Human |
| Snf Assist Fire | 15,692 | ||
| Maddox 2 Fire | 15,000 | Jun 1, 1993 | |
| Ojo Fire | 14,876 | Mar 24, 1993 | |
| Stone Fire | 14,700 | May 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Escondido Fire | 14,103 | Jun 1, 1993 | Natural |
| Bell Fire | 13,820 | May 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Uvas Fire | 11,856 | Jun 16, 1993 | Natural |
| Buchanon Fire | 11,553 | ||
| Range Fire | 9,000 | Jul 11, 1993 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.