Cain Fire
The Cain Fire burned 1,200 acres in Quay County, New Mexico, in 2010. It was discovered on March 26, 2010, and contained on March 26, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2010
- Contained
- March 26, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,270 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.157, -103.121.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 2010, 3:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 26, 2010, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Quay County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Las Vegas District
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3517810308420100326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-RFD10-40390349X
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 201012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Fire | 27,100 | Jun 10, 2010 | Natural |
| Felix Fire | 10,806 | ||
| Howard Fire | 8,000 | Dec 15, 2010 | Human |
| Etchevery Fire | 6,772 | Jan 20, 2010 | Human |
| Flintlock Fire | 5,342 | Apr 11, 2010 | Natural |
| Ft Bliss 2 Fire | 5,160 | Jun 16, 2010 | Human |
| H12 Fire | 5,100 | May 23, 2010 | Human |
| Martin Ranch Fire | 4,139 | Mar 26, 2010 | |
| Martin Fire | 3,067 | Jun 20, 2010 | Human |
| Dead Man Fire | 3,046 | Jun 23, 2010 | Natural |
| Break Down Fire | 3,000 | Nov 22, 2010 | Human |
| Boone Fire | 3,000 | Apr 11, 2010 | 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.