Four Lakes Fire
The Four Lakes Fire burned 23,000 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2008. It was discovered on April 30, 2008, and contained on April 30, 2008.
- Size
- 23,000 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2008
- Contained
- April 30, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 23,769 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.322, -103.532.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 23,769 acres
- Discovered
- April 30, 2008, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 30, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lea County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Capitan District
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3338810338120080430
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2008_NM-N5S-000295
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 |
| 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 | |
| Big Spring Fire | 5,478 | Jun 24, 2008 | 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.