Branch Fire
The Branch Fire burned 1,515 acres in Lea County, New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on April 29, 2011, and contained on April 30, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,515 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2011
- Contained
- April 30, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,675 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.944, -103.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,515 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,675 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 30, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lea County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- New Mexico State Forestry Division
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3294410345020110429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2011NMMAL-11-52730604X
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.