Middle Fire
The Middle Fire burned 37,600 acres in Catron County, New Mexico, in 2002. It was discovered on March 31, 2002, and contained on March 31, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 37,600 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2002
- Contained
- March 31, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 37,163 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.352, -108.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 37,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 37,163 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 37,120 acres
- Discovered
- March 31, 2002, 11:16 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 31, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Catron County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMGNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3345410840820020331
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2002NMFDNM00350402-02-30430621N
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - Broad Level
- Note on the perimeter
- Can not find Middle Fire in FireStat
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponil Complex | 92,194 | Jun 3, 2002 | Natural |
| Walnut Fire | 31,000 | Jun 27, 2002 | Natural |
| Number 52 Fire | 16,422 | Mar 23, 2002 | Human |
| Penasco Fire | 16,020 | Apr 30, 2002 | Human |
| Cherry Fire | 15,850 | Jun 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Cub Fire | 13,525 | Jun 30, 2002 | Natural |
| Borrego Fire | 12,995 | May 22, 2002 | Human |
| Cerro Pelon Fire | 8,260 | Jun 2, 2002 | Natural |
| Tejon Fire | 7,420 | Jun 25, 2002 | Natural |
| Kenton Fire | 6,815 | Jun 1, 2002 | Natural |
| Trampas Fire | 5,800 | Jun 15, 2002 | Natural |
| Middle Tank Fire | 4,274 | Apr 23, 2002 |
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.