Rough Creek Fire
The Rough Creek Fire burned 7,250 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, in 2001. It was discovered on June 24, 2001, and contained on June 24, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,250 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2001
- Contained
- June 24, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,709 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.395, -108.796.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,250 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,709 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2001, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 24, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3149810870620010624
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2001NMFDNM00350401-01-30830898X
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 12,275 | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| Animas Fire | 11,000 | May 4, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,849 | Oct 26, 2001 | |
| Pinatosa Fire | 4,500 | Apr 21, 2001 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,066 | Apr 15, 2001 | |
| Hobbs Fire | 3,850 | Jun 16, 2001 | Natural |
| Deep Well Fire | 3,840 | Jun 14, 2001 | Natural |
| Whitetail Fire | 3,684 | Jun 17, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,662 | Jun 12, 2001 | |
| York Fire | 3,500 | Apr 29, 2001 | Natural |
| Cease Fire | 2,000 | Sep 23, 2001 | Natural |
| Black Fire | 1,850 | Jun 21, 2001 | Natural |
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.