Sanfrancisco Fire
The Sanfrancisco Fire burned 2,080 acres in New Mexico, in 2003. It was discovered on April 4, 2003, and contained on April 7, 2003. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 2,080 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 2003
- Contained
- April 7, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,293 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.783, -106.806.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,080 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,293 acres
- Discovered
- April 4, 2003, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 7, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3442010680820030404
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2003NMBDRB007
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Lake Complex (Dry Lakes) Fire | 65,000 | May 31, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 38,998 | Jun 18, 2003 | |
| Boiler Fire | 34,941 | Apr 28, 2003 | Natural |
| Moonshine Fire | 27,647 | ||
| Turnbo Fire | 18,865 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 13,523 | Jun 8, 2003 | Natural |
| Molina Fire | 7,165 | Jun 22, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,561 | Jul 4, 2003 | |
| Capulin Fire | 6,529 | Jun 23, 2003 | Natural |
| Jenny Fire | 6,520 | Jun 22, 2003 | Natural |
| Spruce Fire | 5,719 | Jul 11, 2003 | Natural |
| Encebado Fire | 5,373 | Jul 4, 2003 | Natural |
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.