Mitchell Fire
The Mitchell Fire burned 1,127 acres in Socorro County, New Mexico, in 2005. It was discovered on April 9, 2005, and contained on April 20, 2005. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,127 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2005
- Contained
- April 20, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,022 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 33.950, -106.850.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,127 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,022 acres
- Discovered
- April 9, 2005, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 20, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Socorro County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Socorro Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-NMSCD-503862
- Fire occurrence record
- W-503862
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 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 |
| Double V V Fire | 2,500 | Jul 24, 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 |
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. 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.