Wildfires of 2003

Unnamed Fire

2003New MexicoWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 38,998 acres in New Mexico, in 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to June 18, 2003.

Size
38,998 acres
Ignition
June 18, 2003

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 38,998 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.396, -109.022.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
38,998 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
June 18, 2003
State
New Mexico
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NM3140310896920030618
MTBS assessment
Initial

Other large fires in New Mexico in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Dry Lake Complex (Dry Lakes) Fire65,000May 31, 2003Natural
Boiler Fire34,941Apr 28, 2003Natural
Moonshine Fire27,647
Turnbo Fire18,865
Unnamed Fire13,523Jun 8, 2003Natural
Molina Fire7,165Jun 22, 2003Natural
Unnamed Fire6,561Jul 4, 2003
Capulin Fire6,529Jun 23, 2003Natural
Jenny Fire6,520Jun 22, 2003Natural
Spruce Fire5,719Jul 11, 2003Natural
Encebado Fire5,373Jul 4, 2003Natural
Seco Fire5,300Jun 20, 2003Natural

Every fire of 2003 New Mexico fire history

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.