Sand Fire
The Sand Fire burned 2,020 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2010. It was discovered on September 12, 2010, and contained on September 13, 2010. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 2,020 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 2010
- Contained
- September 13, 2010
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,132 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.483, -103.072.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,020 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,132 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,012 acres
- Discovered
- September 12, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 13, 2010, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lea County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Capitan District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-NMN5S-612330
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3346810308620100912
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2010-MFD11-50270102X
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked
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
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.