Augustine Fire
The Augustine Fire burned 1,472 acres in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on June 10, 2011, and contained on June 15, 2011. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,472 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2011
- Contained
- June 15, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,583 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.428, -106.552.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,472 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,583 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 2011, 5:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 15, 2011, 11:53 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Dona Ana County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3242810655220110610
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-624050
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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Conchas Fire | 156,593 | Jun 26, 2011 | Human |
| Donaldson Fire | 101,562 | Jun 28, 2011 | Natural |
| Miller Fire | 88,835 | Apr 28, 2011 | Human |
| Enterprise Fire | 64,936 | Feb 27, 2011 | Human |
| Last Chance Fire | 53,342 | Apr 24, 2011 | Human |
| Baton Rouge Complex | 35,165 | Aug 7, 2011 | Natural |
| Windy Fire | 32,243 | Jun 18, 2011 | Human |
| Mayhill Fire | 31,861 | May 9, 2011 | Human |
| Loop Fire | 30,487 | Jun 13, 2011 | Human |
| Martin 2 Fire | 24,781 | Apr 25, 2011 | Human |
| Rabbit Ear Fire | 24,305 | Apr 9, 2011 | Human |
| Tire Fire | 24,000 | Apr 17, 2011 | Human |
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.