Sedgwick Fire
The Sedgwick Fire burned 8,595 acres in Cibola County, New Mexico, in 2004. It was discovered on June 12, 2004, and contained on June 30, 2004. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 8,595 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2004
- Contained
- June 30, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,247 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.198, -108.146.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,595 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,247 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,603 acres
- Discovered
- June 12, 2004, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 2004, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Cibola County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMCIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NMCIF-000020
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3519110809020040612
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-403067
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 | ||
| 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
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.