Wildfires of 2007

Ten Fire

2007Catron County, New MexicoWildfire

The Ten Fire burned 1,031 acres in Catron County, New Mexico, in 2007. It was discovered on June 25, 2007, and contained on July 30, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,031 acres
Discovered
June 25, 2007
Contained
July 30, 2007
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.449, -108.334.

The record

Reported final size
1,031 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
966 acres
Discovered
June 25, 2007, 5:30 p.m. local time
Contained
July 30, 2007, 7:00 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-000056
Fire occurrence record
FS-1449087
Perimeter map method
GPS - Differentially Corrected 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

FireAcresStartCause
Six Fire18,000Nov 18, 2007Human
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

Every fire of 2007 New Mexico fire history

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. 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.