Uvas Fire
The Uvas Fire burned 11,856 acres in New Mexico, in 1993. It was discovered on June 16, 1993, and contained on June 21, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,856 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 1993
- Contained
- June 21, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,541 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.550, -107.167.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,856 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,541 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 1993, 9:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3255010716719930616
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35403
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 |
| Buchanon Fire | 11,553 | ||
| Range Fire | 9,000 | Jul 11, 1993 | Natural |
| Iron Fire | 6,400 | May 24, 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.