Lavade Fire
The Lavade Fire burned 2,435 acres in New Mexico, in 1994. It was discovered on July 1, 1994, and contained on July 2, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,435 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 1994
- Contained
- July 2, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,756 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.020, -105.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,435 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,756 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 1994, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 2, 1994, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Roswell Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3401510542519940701
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-30345
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Complex | 41,800 | Jun 11, 1994 | |
| Pot Fire | 22,200 | Jun 5, 1994 | Natural |
| Relapse Fire | 17,000 | Jun 15, 1994 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 14,636 | Jul 20, 1994 | |
| Organ Fire | 13,804 | Jun 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Pass Fire | 12,544 | Jun 29, 1994 | |
| Black Fire | 11,500 | Jul 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Oscura Fire | 10,000 | Jun 11, 1994 | Natural |
| Hat Fire | 9,000 | Jun 29, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,495 | Jul 20, 1994 | |
| Woods Fire | 7,000 | Jan 5, 1994 | |
| Center Fire | 6,767 | Jun 12, 1994 |
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.