Highway 128 #1 Fire
The Highway 128 #1 Fire burned 1,100 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2006. It was discovered on May 21, 2006, and contained on May 21, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2006
- Contained
- May 21, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.248, -103.567.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2006, 4:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 21, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lea County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006NMFDNM01450606-06-53301082X
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
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.