Wallow Fire

Wallow Fire
NASA satellite image, June 8, 2011, at 1:25 PM MDT
Date(s)May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29) – July 8, 2011 (2011-07-08)
LocationArizona
New Mexico
Coordinates33°36′07″N 109°26′56″W / 33.602°N 109.449°W / 33.602; -109.449
Statistics[1]
Burned area538,049 acres (2,177 km2)
  • 522,642 acres (2,115 km2) in Arizona
  • 15,407 acres (62 km2) in New Mexico
Impacts
Non-fatal injuries16
Structures destroyed72
Ignition
CauseCampfire
Map
Map
Perimeter of Wallow Fire (map data)
Wallow Fire is located in Arizona
Wallow Fire
Smoke from Wallow Fire in Albuquerque, sunset, June 7, 2011
Wallow North and Horseshoe Two Fires (lower left), Arizona. NASA satellite image, midday, June 12, 2011. Vertical line is AZ-NM state line.

The Wallow Fire was a wildfire that started in the White Mountains near Alpine, Arizona on May 29, 2011. It was named for the Bear Wallow Wilderness area where the fire originated, The fire eventually spread across the stateline into western New Mexico, United States.[2][3] By the time the fire was contained on July 8, it had consumed 538,049 acres (2,177 km2) of land, 522,642 acres (2,115 km2) in Arizona and 15,407 acres (62 km2) in New Mexico.[1] It was the largest wildfire in Arizona history.

  1. ^ a b "InciWeb: Wallow Fire". InciWeb. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ Lindsey Collom; William Hermann; Ofelia Madrid (June 7, 2011). "Arizona fire: Residents forced to flee as winds fuel blaze". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix: John Zidich. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Lacey, Marc; Frosch, Dan (9 June 2011). "Wallow Fire in Arizona Threatens Electrical Grid". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 October 2016.