Wildfires of 2011

Augustine Fire

2011Dona Ana County, New MexicoWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Las Conchas Fire156,593Jun 26, 2011Human
Donaldson Fire101,562Jun 28, 2011Natural
Miller Fire88,835Apr 28, 2011Human
Enterprise Fire64,936Feb 27, 2011Human
Last Chance Fire53,342Apr 24, 2011Human
Baton Rouge Complex35,165Aug 7, 2011Natural
Windy Fire32,243Jun 18, 2011Human
Mayhill Fire31,861May 9, 2011Human
Loop Fire30,487Jun 13, 2011Human
Martin 2 Fire24,781Apr 25, 2011Human
Rabbit Ear Fire24,305Apr 9, 2011Human
Tire Fire24,000Apr 17, 2011Human

Every fire of 2011 New Mexico fire history

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.