Maverick Fire
The Maverick Fire burned 1,000 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, in 1997. It was discovered on July 3, 1997, and contained on July 6, 1997. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 1997
- Contained
- July 6, 1997
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,257 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.522, -109.032.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,257 acres
- Discovered
- July 3, 1997, 6:05 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 6, 1997, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3150410904019970703
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-327651
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 199712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perez Fire | 38,000 | Mar 16, 1997 | |
| Lilly Fire | 25,000 | Apr 27, 1997 | Natural |
| Horton Fire | 25,000 | Mar 3, 1997 | |
| Caprock Fire | 10,240 | Jan 3, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 9,427 | Mar 7, 1997 | |
| Garita Fire | 8,000 | Mar 13, 1997 | |
| Rabbit Fire | 7,600 | ||
| Langstroth Fire | 5,800 | ||
| CR-50 Fire | 5,760 | Jun 2, 1997 | |
| Rinker Fire | 5,200 | Mar 24, 1997 | |
| Rocky Fire | 4,000 | Apr 21, 1997 | Natural |
| Ubar Fire | 3,220 | Jan 30, 1997 |
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.