Wildfires of 2000

Bloodgood Fire

2000New MexicoWildfire

The Bloodgood Fire burned 16,452 acres in New Mexico, in 2000. It was discovered on July 19, 2000, and contained on November 7, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
16,452 acres
Discovered
July 19, 2000
Contained
November 7, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,684 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.167, -108.319.

The record

Reported final size
16,452 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
17,684 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
17,669 acres
Discovered
July 19, 2000, 3:21 p.m. local time
Contained
November 7, 2000, 12:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
New Mexico
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Gila National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
NMGNF
Part of
Bloodgood Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2000-NMGNF-000205
MTBS fire identifier
NM3315210833420000719
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-356246
Perimeter map method
Remote Sensing Data - Broad Level

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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Cerro Grande Fire47,650May 5, 2000Human
Johnny Fire42,212Feb 17, 2000Human
Valentine Complex40,333Feb 12, 2000Human
Grande Complex36,324Mar 7, 2000Human
Chance Fire32,860Jun 5, 2000Natural
Viveash Fire28,348May 29, 2000Human
Hay Meadow Fire19,000May 17, 2000Human
Cascabel Fire18,000Apr 14, 2000Human
Scottable Fire16,034May 11, 2000Human
Diamond Fire13,000Mar 15, 2000Human
Milagro Fire12,800Mar 16, 2000Human
Pad Fire11,000Mar 30, 2000Human

Every fire of 2000 New Mexico fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.