Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 9,427 acres in New Mexico, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to March 7, 1997.
- Size
- 9,427 acres
- Ignition
- March 7, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,427 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.257, -107.801.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,427 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 7, 1997
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3325710780119970307
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Note on the perimeter
- Alexander (unfiltered fod) fire was found at the fire location.
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Batespastu Fire | 3,199 | Mar 18, 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. 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.