NM113-MM19 Fire
The NM113-MM19 Fire burned 5,987 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, in 2007. It was discovered on March 19, 2007, and contained on March 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,987 acres
- Discovered
- March 19, 2007
- Contained
- March 20, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,632 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.179, -108.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,987 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,632 acres
- Discovered
- March 19, 2007, 2:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 20, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3222710849020070319
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-551843
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 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 3,575 | Dec 25, 2007 | |
| Chitum Fire | 3,150 | Jun 27, 2007 | Natural |
| Highway Fire | 3,000 | Apr 21, 2007 | Human |
| 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.