Valles Prescribed Fire
The Valles Prescribed Fire burned 2,460 acres in New Mexico, in 2001. MTBS dates its ignition to September 17, 2001.
- Size
- 2,460 acres
- Ignition
- September 17, 2001
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,460 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.180, -107.087.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,460 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 17, 2001
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3618010708720010917
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.