Range Fire
The Range Fire burned 26,000 acres in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, in 2005. It was discovered on November 30, 2005, and contained on December 3, 2005. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 26,000 acres
- Discovered
- November 30, 2005
- Contained
- December 3, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 24,638 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.257, -103.747.
The record
- Reported final size
- 26,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 24,638 acres
- Discovered
- November 30, 2005, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 3, 2005
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Roosevelt County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3424710368820051130
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2005NMFDNM00350505-06-51010440N
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 |
| 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 |
| East Fire | 1,450 | Aug 3, 2005 | Human |
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. 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.