Wildfires of 2011

Unnamed Fire

2011New MexicoWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 15,280 acres in New Mexico, in 2011. It was discovered on May 24, 2011, and contained on May 26, 2011. MTBS dates its ignition to May 25, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
15,280 acres
Discovered
May 24, 2011
Contained
May 26, 2011
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,782 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.455, -102.594.

The record

Reported final size
15,280 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
16,782 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
15,252 acres
Discovered
May 24, 2011, 2:36 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
May 25, 2011
Contained
May 26, 2011
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
New Mexico
Reporting unit
Cibola National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
NMCIF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2011-NMCIF-000024
MTBS fire identifier
NM3645510259320110525
MTBS assessment
Initial (SS)
Fire occurrence record
FS-1494355
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data

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

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.