Patterson Fire
The Patterson Fire burned 1,001 acres in Catron County, New Mexico, in 2007. It was discovered on September 14, 2007, and contained on December 11, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to September 12, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,001 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 2007
- Contained
- December 11, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,688 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.861, -108.464.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,001 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,688 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 863 acres
- Discovered
- September 14, 2007, 10:43 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 12, 2007
- Contained
- December 11, 2007, 9:30 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Catron County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gila National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMGNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NMGNF-000177
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3384910845120070912
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1454909
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| Highway Fire | 3,000 | Apr 21, 2007 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,000 | Jun 29, 2007 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.