Whites Peak Fire
The Whites Peak Fire burned 1,275 acres in Colfax County, New Mexico, in 2013. It was discovered on June 13, 2013, and contained on June 25, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,275 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2013
- Contained
- June 25, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,213 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.267, -104.951.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,275 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,213 acres
- Discovered
- June 13, 2013, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 25, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Colfax County
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Cimarron District
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3635110502720130613
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013NMN2S-13-20800606X
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 |
| Thompson Ridge Fire | 23,938 | May 31, 2013 | Human |
| Jaroso Fire | 11,149 | Jun 10, 2013 | Natural |
| Tres Lagunas Fire | 10,219 | May 30, 2013 | 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. 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.