Thompson Ridge Fire
The Thompson Ridge Fire burned 23,938 acres in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in 2013. It was discovered on May 31, 2013, and contained on July 1, 2013. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 23,938 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2013
- Contained
- July 1, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,071 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.892, -106.620.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,938 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,071 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 23,968 acres
- Discovered
- May 31, 2013, 2:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2013, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Sandoval County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMSNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NMSNF-000070
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3589210662020130531
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519415
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
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 20134
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Fire | 234,000 | Jun 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Jaroso Fire | 11,149 | Jun 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Tres Lagunas Fire | 10,219 | May 30, 2013 | Human |
| Whites Peak Fire | 1,275 | Jun 13, 2013 | 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.