Mccauley Fire
The Mccauley Fire burned 2,100 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, in 2009. It was discovered on August 4, 2009, and contained on August 8, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,100 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2009
- Contained
- August 8, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.577, -108.252.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,100 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 961 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Grant County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMN3S
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-NM-10-30180144X
- 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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasco Fire | 95,000 | Jun 10, 2009 | Natural |
| Cato Fire | 55,080 | Jun 10, 2009 | Natural |
| Four Mile Fire | 29,952 | Apr 23, 2009 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 25,747 | Mar 30, 2009 | Human |
| Diamond Fire | 22,000 | May 28, 2009 | Natural |
| Picacho Fire | 16,141 | Mar 4, 2009 | Human |
| Vista Fire | 13,969 | May 15, 2009 | Natural |
| East Transwestern Fire | 13,500 | May 15, 2009 | Natural |
| Fresquez 2 Fire | 10,094 | May 15, 2009 | Natural |
| Willow Fire | 9,000 | May 30, 2009 | Natural |
| Skeleton Fire | 8,591 | May 30, 2009 | Natural |
| Black Butte Fire | 7,836 | Aug 4, 2009 | 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. 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.