Valency Fire
The Valency Fire burned 1,500 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, in 2001. It was discovered on June 7, 2001, and contained on June 11, 2001. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 2001
- Contained
- June 11, 2001
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,246 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.350, -109.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,246 acres
- Discovered
- June 7, 2001, 8:26 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 11, 2001, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Hidalgo County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3132910899820010607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-102949
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 | |
| Rough Creek Fire | 7,250 | Jun 24, 2001 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.