Double V V Fire
The Double V V Fire burned 2,500 acres in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, in 2005. It was discovered on July 24, 2005, and contained on July 27, 2005. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2005
- Contained
- July 27, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.641, -105.257.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2005, 1:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2005
- Cause
- Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Guadalupe County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2005NMFDNM00350505-06-40330243X
Other large fires in New Mexico in 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Range Complex Wfu Fire | 77,000 | May 29, 2005 | Natural |
| Range Fire | 26,000 | Nov 30, 2005 | Human |
| Gladstone Fire | 12,350 | Apr 13, 2005 | Human |
| Fork Wfu Fire | 11,936 | May 29, 2005 | Natural |
| Johnson Wfu Fire | 11,611 | Jun 12, 2005 | Natural |
| Ok State Line Fire | 6,080 | Dec 13, 2005 | Human |
| Continental Fire | 5,122 | Jun 2, 2005 | Natural |
| Pine Canyon Fire | 3,922 | Sep 17, 2005 | Human |
| Btr Oil Field 3 2007 Fire | 1,976 | Mar 18, 2005 | |
| Hisel Fire | 1,900 | Jul 7, 2005 | Human |
| Lumpee Fire | 1,800 | Nov 30, 2005 | Human |
| East Fire | 1,450 | Aug 3, 2005 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
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.