Cotton II Fire
The Cotton II Fire burned 3,641 acres in New Mexico, in 1994. It was discovered on April 14, 1994, and contained on April 15, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,641 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 1994
- Contained
- April 15, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,738 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.593, -104.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,641 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,738 acres
- Discovered
- April 14, 1994, 11:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 15, 1994, 10:15 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3359610442719940414
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1994NMBTR2667
- Note on the perimeter
- rerun thresholds for shrubs
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Complex | 41,800 | Jun 11, 1994 | |
| Pot Fire | 22,200 | Jun 5, 1994 | Natural |
| Relapse Fire | 17,000 | Jun 15, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,636 | Jul 20, 1994 | |
| Organ Fire | 13,804 | Jun 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Pass Fire | 12,544 | Jun 29, 1994 | |
| Black Fire | 11,500 | Jul 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Oscura Fire | 10,000 | Jun 11, 1994 | Natural |
| Hat Fire | 9,000 | Jun 29, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,495 | Jul 20, 1994 | |
| Woods Fire | 7,000 | Jan 5, 1994 | |
| Center Fire | 6,767 | Jun 12, 1994 |
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.