Rincon Wfu Fire
The Rincon Wfu Fire burned 3,097 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, in 2004. It was discovered on June 25, 2004, and contained on September 20, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,097 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2004
- Contained
- September 20, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.142, -108.261.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,097 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,614 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,610 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2004, 2:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 20, 2004, 7:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gila National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMGNF
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NMGNF-000021
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3316010826120040625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-403069
- 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 20046
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peppin Fire | 64,488 | May 15, 2004 | Natural |
| Baseball Fire | 22,324 | ||
| Sedgwick Fire | 8,595 | Jun 12, 2004 | Human |
| Granny Wfu Fire | 5,649 | Jun 25, 2004 | Natural |
| Lookout Fire | 5,280 | May 21, 2004 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,168 | Jun 20, 2004 |
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.