Oscura Fire
The Oscura Fire burned 10,000 acres in New Mexico, in 1994. It was discovered on June 11, 1994, and contained on June 13, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1994
- Contained
- June 13, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,179 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.883, -106.067.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,179 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 1994, 7:21 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 13, 1994, 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
- NM3376110616719940611
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-30174
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 |
| 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 | |
| Rough Fire | 6,600 | Jul 15, 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.