Wildfires of 2007

Six Fire

2007Lea County, New MexicoWildfire

The Six Fire burned 18,000 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2007. It was discovered on November 18, 2007, and contained on November 18, 2007. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
18,000 acres
Discovered
November 18, 2007
Contained
November 18, 2007
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.245, -103.471.

The record

Reported final size
18,000 acres
Discovered
November 18, 2007, 11:00 a.m. local time
Contained
November 18, 2007
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
New Mexico
County
Lea County
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
New Mexico State Forestry Division
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2007NMFDNM0259-20704

Other large fires in New Mexico in 200712

FireAcresStartCause
Nm 467 Fire15,000Oct 17, 2007Human
Hl Wfu Fire10,131Jun 22, 2007Natural
Woodland Fire8,000Jun 22, 2007Natural
Angel Fire7,600Aug 22, 2007Natural
Ojo Peak Fire6,969Nov 19, 2007Human
Canyon Fire6,156
NM113-MM19 Fire5,987Mar 19, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire3,575Dec 25, 2007
Chitum Fire3,150Jun 27, 2007Natural
Highway Fire3,000Apr 21, 2007Human
Unnamed Fire3,000Jun 29, 2007Natural
Maddox Fire2,600Jun 19, 2007Natural

Every fire of 2007 New Mexico fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.