El Paso Prescribed Fire
The El Paso Prescribed Fire burned 2,373 acres in New Mexico, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to March 3, 1999.
- Size
- 2,373 acres
- Ignition
- March 3, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,373 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.686, -104.431.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,373 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 3, 1999
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3367810443319990303
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- rerun thresholds for shrubs.
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Fire | 23,680 | May 7, 1999 | Natural |
| Hermosa Fire | 6,466 | Jun 2, 1999 | |
| T-Four Fire | 5,000 | Feb 17, 1999 | |
| Bootheel Fire | 3,520 | Feb 25, 1999 | |
| Snider Fire | 3,500 | Feb 6, 1999 | |
| La Jara Fire | 3,382 | Jun 3, 1999 | Human |
| I-Do Fire | 3,300 | Feb 13, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,852 | Oct 12, 1999 | |
| Coyote Fire | 2,585 | Mar 10, 1999 | Human |
| North Fort Fire | 2,500 | Sep 7, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,428 | Mar 5, 1999 | |
| Popcorn Fire | 2,247 |
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.