Berlin Fire
The Berlin Fire burned 618 acres in New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on June 19, 2011, and contained on June 20, 2011. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 618 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011
- Contained
- June 20, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,296 acres, mapped by other agency digital. Point of origin as reported, 35.509, -99.596.
The record
- Reported final size
- 618 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,296 acres
- Discovered
- June 19, 2011, 5:33 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 2011, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- New Mexico
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMCIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-NMCIF-000036
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1494378
- Perimeter map method
- Other Agency Digital
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
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. 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.