Whippy Fire
The Whippy Fire burned 1,369 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, in 2012. It was discovered on January 22, 2012, and contained on January 22, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,369 acres
- Discovered
- January 22, 2012
- Contained
- January 22, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,367 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 32.576, -108.340.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,369 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,367 acres
- Discovered
- January 22, 2012, 12:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 22, 2012, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMN3S
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-NM-2012-12-30520536X
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 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 |
| Copperton Fire | 1,584 | Apr 23, 2012 | |
| Frog Pond Fire | 1,122 | Jun 14, 2012 | Human |
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.