Walnut Fire
The Walnut Fire burned 31,000 acres in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, in 2002. It was discovered on June 27, 2002, and contained on July 8, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 31,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2002
- Contained
- July 8, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 30,395 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.369, -108.619.
The record
- Reported final size
- 31,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 30,395 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2002, 4:43 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2002, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- Part of
- Walnut Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3155810867420020627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-109415
- Note on the perimeter
- Unable to view fire boundary clearly in post fire scene
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponil Complex | 92,194 | Jun 3, 2002 | Natural |
| Middle Fire | 37,600 | Mar 31, 2002 | Natural |
| Number 52 Fire | 16,422 | Mar 23, 2002 | Human |
| Penasco Fire | 16,020 | Apr 30, 2002 | Human |
| Cherry Fire | 15,850 | Jun 4, 2002 | Natural |
| Cub Fire | 13,525 | Jun 30, 2002 | Natural |
| Borrego Fire | 12,995 | May 22, 2002 | Human |
| Cerro Pelon Fire | 8,260 | Jun 2, 2002 | Natural |
| Tejon Fire | 7,420 | Jun 25, 2002 | Natural |
| Kenton Fire | 6,815 | Jun 1, 2002 | Natural |
| Trampas Fire | 5,800 | Jun 15, 2002 | Natural |
| Middle Tank Fire | 4,274 | Apr 23, 2002 |
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.