Sheep Fire
The Sheep Fire burned 1,200 acres in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, in 2006. It was discovered on February 16, 2006, and contained on February 16, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- February 16, 2006
- Contained
- February 16, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,292 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.389, -105.022.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,292 acres
- Discovered
- February 16, 2006, 12:14 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 16, 2006
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Guadalupe County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3438810504720060216
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006NMFDNM01450606-06-41030606X
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
| 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. 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.