Copperton Fire
The Copperton Fire burned 1,584 acres in New Mexico, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to April 23, 2012.
- Size
- 1,584 acres
- Ignition
- April 23, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,584 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.153, -108.166.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,584 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 23, 2012
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3516710814920120423
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in New Mexico in 20127
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater-Baldy Fire | 297,845 | May 16, 2012 | Natural |
| Little Bear Fire | 40,000 | Jun 4, 2012 | Natural |
| Horse Canyon Fire | 7,287 | Jun 29, 2012 | Natural |
| Full Moon Fire | 2,500 | Jun 2, 2012 | Natural |
| Top Rock Fire | 1,701 | Oct 14, 2012 | Human |
| Whippy Fire | 1,369 | Jan 22, 2012 | Human |
| Frog Pond Fire | 1,122 | Jun 14, 2012 | Human |
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. 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.