Unnamed Fire
200338,998 acresArizona and New Mexico
The Unnamed Fire burned 38,998 acres, about 61 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 18, 2003.
Watch how it happenedUnnamed Fire · 2003
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 1.6% | 639 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 13% | 4,972 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 50% | 19,366 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 36% | 14,021 |
2% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 639 acres; 14% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Hidalgo County | NM | 25,850 |
| Cochise County | AZ | 13,149 |
Other large fires in Arizona and New Mexico in 2003
- Dry Lake Complex (Dry Lakes)114,154 acres
- Aspen Fire79,639 acres
- Boiler Fire56,854 acres
- Kinishba Fire26,189 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.