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Nogal Canyon Post-Fire BAER

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Unit Information

3463 Las Palomas 
Alamogordo, 
88310 
3463 Las Palomas 
Alamogordo, 
88310 

Incident Contacts

  • BAER Information
    Phone:
    707-853-4243
    Hours:
    8am-8pm

Photographs Gallery

Photo shows an unburned hill within the fire perimeter.

Moderate Soil Burn Severity

Moderate soil burn severity with patches of unburned fuels.

Unburned Fuels

Photo shows unburned pockets of ground cover within the fire perimeter. Showing that the fire burned in a mosaic pattern in some areas.

Moderate to high Soil Burn Severity

Unburned channel with green grass and some light fuels.

Ground starting to be covered with needles that have fallen off neighboring trees. Showing the ground cover starting to recover within days of the fire.

Foreground shows a moderate soil burn severity with a low soil burn severity in the background.

New vegetation starting to sprout just days after the fire passed through the area.

BAER team scientist test the soil’s repellency of water, known as a hydrophobicity test.

Moderate soil burn severity south of FR400. Moderate soil burn severity which is evident from the need cast on the ground starting to occur from neighboring trees.