Bogle Fire
The Bogle Fire burned 993 acres in Chaves County, New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on January 23, 2011, and contained on January 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 993 acres
- Discovered
- January 23, 2011
- Contained
- January 25, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,103 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.005, -103.801.
The record
- Reported final size
- 993 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,103 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 987 acres
- Discovered
- January 23, 2011, 9:32 a.m. local time
- Contained
- January 25, 2011, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Chaves County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Roswell Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-NMROD-617774
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3300510380120110123
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-617774
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Walked
- Note on the perimeter
- 23-JAN-11
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. 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.