Aspen Prescribed Fire
The Aspen Prescribed Fire burned 3,300 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, in 2010. It was discovered on June 6, 2010, and contained on July 7, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2010
- Contained
- July 7, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,356 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.146, -107.967.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,356 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,355 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2010, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 7, 2010, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gila National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMGNF
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-NMGNF-000010
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3314210797620100606
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1490037
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - Broad Level
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Fire | 27,100 | Jun 10, 2010 | Natural |
| Felix Fire | 10,806 | ||
| Howard Fire | 8,000 | Dec 15, 2010 | Human |
| Etchevery Fire | 6,772 | Jan 20, 2010 | Human |
| Flintlock Fire | 5,342 | Apr 11, 2010 | Natural |
| Ft Bliss 2 Fire | 5,160 | Jun 16, 2010 | Human |
| H12 Fire | 5,100 | May 23, 2010 | Human |
| Martin Ranch Fire | 4,139 | Mar 26, 2010 | |
| Martin Fire | 3,067 | Jun 20, 2010 | Human |
| Dead Man Fire | 3,046 | Jun 23, 2010 | Natural |
| Break Down Fire | 3,000 | Nov 22, 2010 | Human |
| Boone Fire | 3,000 | Apr 11, 2010 | 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.