Buzzard Fire
201851,028 acresNew Mexico
The Buzzard Fire burned 51,028 acres, about 80 square miles, across Catron County. It began on May 22, 2018.
Watch how it happenedBuzzard Fire · 2018
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 5.4% | 2,764 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 12% | 6,028 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 54% | 27,634 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 29% | 14,597 |
5% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,764 acres; 17% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Catron County | NM | 50,934 |
Other large fires in New Mexico in 2018
- Ok Bar Fire60,481 acres
- 206 Fire40,246 acres
- San Luis Fire36,252 acres
- Ute Park Fire30,150 acres
- Stateline Fire28,533 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.