Forest Unit Prescribed Fire
The Forest Unit Prescribed Fire burned 1,411 acres in New Mexico, in 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to April 10, 2006.
- Size
- 1,411 acres
- Ignition
- April 10, 2006
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,411 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.981, -108.582.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,411 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 10, 2006
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3498110858220060410
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in New Mexico in 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcdonald Fire | 92,390 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| Bear Fire | 55,307 | Jun 19, 2006 | Human |
| Buckeye I Fire | 30,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Casa Fire | 26,525 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Gladstone Fire | 23,000 | Jun 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Rivera Mesa Fire | 16,114 | Jun 16, 2006 | Natural |
| Ojo Feliz Fire | 16,000 | Apr 12, 2006 | Human |
| Tatum East Fire | 15,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Adobe Fire | 12,806 | May 18, 2006 | Human |
| Skates Fire | 12,582 | Jun 2, 2006 | Natural |
| Clapham Fire | 11,520 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| Jet Fire | 11,000 | May 21, 2006 | Natural |
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. 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.