Whitetail Fire
The Whitetail Fire burned 3,684 acres in New Mexico, in 2001. It was discovered on June 17, 2001, and contained on November 19, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,684 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2001
- Contained
- November 19, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,982 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.368, -108.035.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,684 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,982 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,981 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2001, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 19, 2001, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Gila National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMGNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2001-NMGNF-000057
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3340910803820010617
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-374380
- Perimeter map method
- Remote Sensing Data - Broad Level
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 |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.