Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · United States · 2022
New Mexico prescribed burn in 2022 became the state's largest fire
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No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
A US Forest Service prescribed burn in New Mexico became the largest fire in the state's history in 2022, according to a review reported by Source NM. The review says 99.84 percent of prescribed burns follow their plan; the sources reviewed give no acreage or ecological damage figures.
What?
A US Forest Service prescribed burn in New Mexico became the largest fire in the state's history. Source NM
Where?
New Mexico, United States Source NM
When?
2022 Source NM
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
- New Mexico forest and land — burned; the area is not stated Source NM
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A controlled burn by the US Forest Service; the review says 99.84 percent of prescribed burns follow their plan. Source NM
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What happened
The record, in order.
A US Forest Service review, reported by Source NM in September 2022, says a Forest Service prescribed burn became New Mexico's largest fire in the state's history.
The same review states that 99.84 percent of prescribed burns follow their plan.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The acreage burned, the cost and the damage are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- None on record The causes of the fire's growth are not stated beyond the review's headline.
- None on record The period and sample behind the 99.84 percent figure are not stated in the sources reviewed.
- Unclear Whether anyone was held responsible is not stated in the sources reviewed.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Press and investigations
- US Forest Service review (Source NM)Source NM · 2022-09-09
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- US Forest Service (Government) — here: Agency that carried out the prescribed burn; there: managed the national forests where federal harvest fell between 1987 and 2002