Quemado Fire
The Quemado Fire burned 4,300 acres in New Mexico, in 1993. It was discovered on June 15, 1993, and contained on July 15, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1993
- Contained
- July 15, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,975 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.962, -105.792.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,975 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,249 acres
- Discovered
- June 15, 1993, 3:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMSNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-NMSNF-000036
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3594910579319930615
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-280748
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.