Star Grass Fire
The Star Grass Fire burned 1,036 acres in Chaves County, New Mexico, in 2009. It was discovered on June 18, 2009, and contained on June 19, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,036 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2009
- Contained
- June 19, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,056 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.939, -104.833.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,036 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,056 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,037 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2009, 4:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 19, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Chaves County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Roswell Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-NMROD-587783
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3395410483920090618
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-587783
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Topo
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. 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.