Highway Fire
The Highway Fire burned 3,000 acres in Curry County, New Mexico, in 2007. It was discovered on April 21, 2007, and contained on April 21, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 3,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2007
- Contained
- April 21, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,045 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.459, -103.602.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,045 acres
- Discovered
- April 21, 2007, 12:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 21, 2007
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Curry County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3444210359120070421
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2007NMFDNM0259-20118
- Note on the perimeter
- 1 half pixel misregistration in X direction
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Six Fire | 18,000 | Nov 18, 2007 | Human |
| Nm 467 Fire | 15,000 | Oct 17, 2007 | Human |
| Hl Wfu Fire | 10,131 | Jun 22, 2007 | Natural |
| Woodland Fire | 8,000 | Jun 22, 2007 | Natural |
| Angel Fire | 7,600 | Aug 22, 2007 | Natural |
| Ojo Peak Fire | 6,969 | Nov 19, 2007 | Human |
| Canyon Fire | 6,156 | ||
| NM113-MM19 Fire | 5,987 | Mar 19, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,575 | Dec 25, 2007 | |
| Chitum Fire | 3,150 | Jun 27, 2007 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Jun 29, 2007 | Natural |
| Maddox Fire | 2,600 | Jun 19, 2007 | 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.