Virgin Canyon Fire
The Virgin Canyon Fire burned 1,706 acres in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in 2010. It was discovered on October 9, 2010, and contained on November 13, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,706 acres
- Discovered
- October 9, 2010
- Contained
- November 13, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,699 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.753, -106.736.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,706 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,699 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,707 acres
- Discovered
- October 9, 2010, 1:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 13, 2010, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Sandoval County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMSNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-NMSNF-000086
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3577510672020101009
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1492657
- Perimeter map method
- Other
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.