Mayhill Fire
The Mayhill Fire burned 31,861 acres in New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on May 9, 2011, and contained on May 29, 2011. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 31,861 acres
- Discovered
- May 9, 2011
- Contained
- May 29, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 33,536 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.895, -105.489.
The record
- Reported final size
- 31,861 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 33,536 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 32,901 acres
- Discovered
- May 9, 2011, 1:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 29, 2011, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Carlsbad Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NMLNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-NMCAD-626187
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3287010548020110509
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-626187
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Driven
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Data received from fire team member
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 |
| 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 |
| CLOVERDALE2 Fire | 23,600 | May 7, 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.