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2011 Wildland Fire Season in New Mexico-Forests and Woodlands
Dr. Douglas CramNew Mexico State University
Photo Credit: NOAA
Composite Satellite Image 2011 (NOAA)
NOAA Satellite Image June 20, 2011
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by John Fowler
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Kristen Hornig
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Kristen Hornig
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Morgan Petroski
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Photo by Burt Stalter
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
2011 Large SW Forest Fires
White – 10,356 acresLas Chance – 53,342Miller – 88,835Horseshoe 2 – 222,954Mayhill – 31,861Wallow, AZ – 538,049Track – 27,792Wallow, NM – 15,407Pacheco – 10,250Las Conchas – 156, 593Lookout – 22,687
Total – 1,178,126 acres
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
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Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Burn Severity Mapping
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Las Conchas Burn Severity
• High 28,470 ac 25%• Moderate 39,910 ac 36%• Low 43,450 ac 39%
“Not all of the acreage within the fire perimeters burned severely and in fact much was unburned or burned only at low and moderate severity.”
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Low, Moderate, or High?
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Moderate Burn Severity
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Moderate Burn Severity
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Las Conchas Burn Severity
• High 28,470 ac 25%• Moderate 39,910 ac 36%• Low 43,450 ac 39%
“…much of these areas burned as we would expect them to…”
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
41 trees135 years
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
475+ yrs old32+ fires
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Range Improvement Task ForceCooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Doug Cram [email protected]
575-646-8130
