Wildfires of 2005

East Fire

2005Curry County, New MexicoWildfire

The East Fire burned 1,450 acres in Curry County, New Mexico, in 2005. It was discovered on August 3, 2005, and contained on August 6, 2005. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,450 acres
Discovered
August 3, 2005
Contained
August 6, 2005
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.418, -103.500.

The record

Reported final size
1,450 acres
Discovered
August 3, 2005, 3:24 p.m. local time
Contained
August 6, 2005
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
New Mexico
County
Curry County
Reporting unit
New Mexico State Forestry Division
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2005NMFDNM00350505-06-40400304X

Other large fires in New Mexico in 200512

FireAcresStartCause
Black Range Complex Wfu Fire77,000May 29, 2005Natural
Range Fire26,000Nov 30, 2005Human
Gladstone Fire12,350Apr 13, 2005Human
Fork Wfu Fire11,936May 29, 2005Natural
Johnson Wfu Fire11,611Jun 12, 2005Natural
Ok State Line Fire6,080Dec 13, 2005Human
Continental Fire5,122Jun 2, 2005Natural
Pine Canyon Fire3,922Sep 17, 2005Human
Double V V Fire2,500Jul 24, 2005Human
Btr Oil Field 3 2007 Fire1,976Mar 18, 2005
Hisel Fire1,900Jul 7, 2005Human
Lumpee Fire1,800Nov 30, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 New Mexico fire history

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.