Hilo-Peak Fire
The Hilo-Peak Fire burned 2,908 acres in New Mexico, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to June 27, 1990.
- Size
- 2,908 acres
- Ignition
- June 27, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,908 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.458, -108.522.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,908 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 27, 1990
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3145810852219900627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- unable to see fire boundary clearly because of regrowth of plants
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culberson Fire | 33,758 | ||
| Big Fire | 24,753 | May 13, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,596 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Redondo Fire | 5,406 | Jun 21, 1990 | |
| Solada Fire | 3,418 | Jun 2, 1990 | |
| Obar Fire | 2,892 | Feb 8, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,784 | Jun 23, 1990 | |
| Mine Fire | 2,552 | Jun 30, 1990 | |
| Sophia Fire | 2,445 | Apr 16, 1990 | |
| Gileslee Fire | 2,353 | Jun 5, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,222 | Apr 4, 1990 | |
| Wilson Fire | 2,078 | Jun 28, 1990 |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.