Sandspring Prescribed Fire
The Sandspring Prescribed Fire burned 2,935 acres in New Mexico, in 2004. MTBS dates its ignition to July 12, 2004.
- Size
- 2,935 acres
- Ignition
- July 12, 2004
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,935 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.044, -108.850.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,935 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 12, 2004
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3603610885620040712
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in New Mexico in 20047
| 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 | |
| Rincon Wfu Fire | 3,097 | Jun 25, 2004 | 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. 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.