Bishopscap Fire
The Bishopscap Fire burned 1,000 acres in New Mexico, in 1993. It was discovered on May 21, 1993, and contained on May 23, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 1993
- Contained
- May 23, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,464 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.317, -106.567.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,464 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 1993, 5:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 23, 1993, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3225610657119930521
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35373
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brush Fire | 32,000 | May 14, 1993 | Natural |
| Linch Fire | 27,181 | Jun 9, 1993 | Natural |
| Jaltwo Fire | 19,610 | Jun 3, 1993 | Human |
| Snf Assist Fire | 15,692 | ||
| Maddox 2 Fire | 15,000 | Jun 1, 1993 | |
| Ojo Fire | 14,876 | Mar 24, 1993 | |
| Stone Fire | 14,700 | May 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Escondido Fire | 14,103 | Jun 1, 1993 | Natural |
| Bell Fire | 13,820 | May 21, 1993 | Natural |
| Uvas Fire | 11,856 | Jun 16, 1993 | Natural |
| Buchanon Fire | 11,553 | ||
| Range Fire | 9,000 | Jul 11, 1993 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.