Garcia Fire
The Garcia Fire burned 23,680 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, in 1999. It was discovered on May 7, 1999, and contained on May 10, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 23,680 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 1999
- Contained
- May 10, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 22,646 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.334, -108.867.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,680 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 22,646 acres
- Discovered
- May 7, 1999, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 10, 1999, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3135810874619990507
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-1302
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Telephone Fire | 2,208 | May 13, 1999 | Human |
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.