Orchard Park Fire
The Orchard Park Fire burned 919 acres in Chaves County, New Mexico, in 2009. It was discovered on January 6, 2009, and contained on January 6, 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to March 6, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 919 acres
- Discovered
- January 6, 2009
- Contained
- January 6, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,048 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.242, -104.514.
The record
- Reported final size
- 919 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,048 acres
- Discovered
- January 6, 2009, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 6, 2009
- Contained
- January 6, 2009, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Chaves County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3323910448720090306
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-NM-09-50560185X
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
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.