Wildfires of 2006

Hudson Fire

2006Quay County, New MexicoWildfire

The Hudson Fire burned 8,000 acres in Quay County, New Mexico, in 2006. It was discovered on March 11, 2006, and contained on March 11, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
8,000 acres
Discovered
March 11, 2006
Contained
March 11, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,655 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.263, -103.541.

The record

Reported final size
8,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,655 acres
Discovered
March 11, 2006, 2:53 p.m. local time
Contained
March 11, 2006
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
New Mexico
County
Quay County
Reporting unit
New Mexico State Forestry Division
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NM3528510351120060311
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2006NMFDNM01450606-06-41140694X
Note on the perimeter
Acres within the fire perimeter are less than the reported acres.

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 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Mcdonald Fire92,390Mar 12, 2006Human
Bear Fire55,307Jun 19, 2006Human
Buckeye I Fire30,000Jan 1, 2006Human
Casa Fire26,525Mar 1, 2006Human
Gladstone Fire23,000Jun 15, 2006Natural
Rivera Mesa Fire16,114Jun 16, 2006Natural
Ojo Feliz Fire16,000Apr 12, 2006Human
Tatum East Fire15,000Jan 1, 2006Human
Adobe Fire12,806May 18, 2006Human
Skates Fire12,582Jun 2, 2006Natural
Clapham Fire11,520Mar 12, 2006Human
Jet Fire11,000May 21, 2006Natural

Every fire of 2006 New Mexico fire history

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.