Little Bear Fire
The Little Bear Fire burned 40,000 acres in Lincoln County, New Mexico, in 2012. It was discovered on June 4, 2012, and contained on July 30, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 40,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2012
- Contained
- July 30, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 37,913 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.420, -105.830.
The record
- Reported final size
- 40,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 37,913 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 44,351 acres
- Discovered
- June 4, 2012, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 30, 2012, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Lincoln National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMLNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NMLNF-000007
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3341910582920120604
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1509725
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- 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 20127
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater-Baldy Fire | 297,845 | May 16, 2012 | Natural |
| Horse Canyon Fire | 7,287 | Jun 29, 2012 | Natural |
| Full Moon Fire | 2,500 | Jun 2, 2012 | Natural |
| Top Rock Fire | 1,701 | Oct 14, 2012 | Human |
| Copperton Fire | 1,584 | Apr 23, 2012 | |
| Whippy Fire | 1,369 | Jan 22, 2012 | Human |
| Frog Pond Fire | 1,122 | Jun 14, 2012 | 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.