Mcdonald Fire
The Mcdonald Fire burned 92,390 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2006. It was discovered on March 12, 2006, and contained on March 12, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 92,390 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2006
- Contained
- March 12, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 92,781 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.058, -103.603.
The record
- Reported final size
- 92,390 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 92,781 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 92,516 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2006, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 12, 2006
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lea County
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NMN5S-538095
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3315710331520060312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006NMFDNM01450606-06-52020695X
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Fire | 55,307 | Jun 19, 2006 | Human |
| Buckeye I Fire | 30,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Casa Fire | 26,525 | Mar 1, 2006 | Human |
| Gladstone Fire | 23,000 | Jun 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Rivera Mesa Fire | 16,114 | Jun 16, 2006 | Natural |
| Ojo Feliz Fire | 16,000 | Apr 12, 2006 | Human |
| Tatum East Fire | 15,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
| Adobe Fire | 12,806 | May 18, 2006 | Human |
| Skates Fire | 12,582 | Jun 2, 2006 | Natural |
| Clapham Fire | 11,520 | Mar 12, 2006 | Human |
| Jet Fire | 11,000 | May 21, 2006 | Natural |
| Tatum West Fire | 10,000 | Jan 1, 2006 | Human |
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.