Unit 2 Prescribed Fire
The Unit 2 Prescribed Fire burned 3,430 acres in New Mexico, in 2010. MTBS dates its ignition to May 8, 2010.
- Size
- 3,430 acres
- Ignition
- May 8, 2010
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,430 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.548, -108.523.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,430 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 8, 2010
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3332510831220100508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.