Blackburn Fire
The Blackburn Fire burned 1,432 acres in New Mexico, in 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to March 21, 1993.
- Size
- 1,432 acres
- Ignition
- March 21, 1993
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,432 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.916, -103.508.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,432 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 21, 1993
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3474310406619930321
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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. 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.