Stiles Complex
200827,839 acresNew Mexico and Texas
The Stiles Complex burned 27,839 acres, about 43 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on March 14, 2008.
Watch how it happenedStiles Complex · 2008
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 27% | 7,415 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 65% | 18,230 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 7.8% | 2,159 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 24 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 27% burned at moderate 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.
| Lea County | NM | 27,623 |
| Gaines County | TX | 218 |
Other large fires in New Mexico and Texas in 2008
- Glass Fire196,982 acres
- Huckabee Fire84,968 acres
- Burns Ranch Fire58,363 acres
- Rocky Fire47,985 acres
- Porter Fire47,619 acres
- Highway 322 Fire44,616 acres
- Hughes Ranch Fire42,376 acres
- Eighty-Two Fire31,598 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.