Aggie Fire
The Aggie Fire burned 1,080 acres in Socorro County, New Mexico, in 2008. It was discovered on June 4, 2008, and contained on June 8, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,080 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2008
- Contained
- June 8, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,081 acres, mapped by gps-walked. Point of origin as reported, 33.899, -106.123.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,080 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,081 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2008, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 8, 2008, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Socorro County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Socorro Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-NMSCD-573480
- Fire occurrence record
- W-573480
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked
- Note on the perimeter
- Recieved from Socorro FO 10/22/2008
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stiles Complex | 67,008 | Mar 14, 2008 | Human |
| Rocky Fire | 49,092 | Jun 18, 2008 | Natural |
| Bonney Fire | 25,329 | Jun 18, 2008 | Natural |
| Four Lakes Fire | 23,000 | Apr 30, 2008 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,837 | Apr 5, 2008 | Human |
| Trigo Fire | 13,709 | Apr 15, 2008 | Human |
| Cholla Fire | 12,624 | Apr 7, 2008 | Human |
| Fire | 10,500 | Feb 25, 2008 | |
| Elliott Fire | 9,185 | Dec 14, 2008 | Human |
| SRR13 Fire | 7,116 | Jan 15, 2008 | |
| Eldridge Fire | 5,800 | Jun 26, 2008 | Natural |
| Jal Fire | 5,760 | Feb 25, 2008 |
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.