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The Las Conchas Fire was a large wildfire in the state of New Mexico, in the United States, in 2011. The fire started in Santa Fe National Forest and burned more than 150,000 acres, threatening Los Alamos National Laboratory and the town of Los Alamos. After five days of burning, it became the largest wildfire in New Mexico state history at the ...
In July 2011, the Las Conchas Fire, started by a power line on nearby private land, burned 30,000 acres (120 km 2) of the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The wildfire burned a total of 156,000 acres (630 km 2) in the Jemez Mountains, including most of neighboring Bandelier National Monument. [15]
Cerro Grande is a 10,207-foot (3,111 m) summit [1] on the rim of the Valles Caldera not far north of New Mexico State Road 4, the main highway through Los Alamos County.Like many mountains in the Jemez, Cerro Grande was mainly covered with coniferous forest, composed largely of ponderosa pine and aspen trees, [3] with a characteristic rincon (meadow) on its slopes on and south of the summit.
Fires are expected in New Mexico, but this year the fire season started early and has already produced two record breaking wildfires in the state. Two of the largest wildfires in New Mexico ...
Smoke from the Las Conchas fire in 2011. This is a partial and incomplete list of wildfires in the US state of New Mexico. New Mexico has dry, windy, and often hot weather conditions that often produce moderate to severe wildfires.
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the LA fires for Thursday, Jan. 9. For the latest updates on the Los Angeles wildfires in California, please read USA TODAY'S live updates for ...
The fire originated as a controlled burn that was part of the 10-year Bandelier National Monument plan for reducing fire hazard within the monument. [1] [3] The starting point was high on Cerro Grande, a 10,200-foot (3110-m) summit on the rim of the Valles Caldera not far north of New Mexico State Road 4, the main highway through Los Alamos County.
An aerial view of utility vehicles parked near beachfront homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the L.A. region on Jan. 13, 2025 in Malibu, California.