Wildfires of 1995

Bonner Fire

1995New MexicoWildfire

The Bonner Fire burned 29,000 acres in New Mexico, in 1995. It was discovered on June 27, 1995, and contained on July 20, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
29,000 acres
Discovered
June 27, 1995
Contained
July 20, 1995
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,405 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.185, -107.852.

The record

Reported final size
29,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
26,405 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
26,415 acres
Discovered
June 27, 1995, 11:00 a.m. local time
Contained
July 20, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
New Mexico
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Gila National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
NMGNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
1995-NMGNF-000070
MTBS fire identifier
NM3318410787619950627
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-303448
Perimeter map method
Remote Sensing Data - Broad Level

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 199512

FireAcresStartCause
Choases Fire28,648
H.b Fire13,000Jul 27, 1995Human
South Fire10,000Apr 7, 1995Natural
Sprite Fire7,691Jul 21, 1995Natural
Radio Fire5,940May 15, 1995Natural
Granite Fire4,784
Unnamed Fire4,304Jul 30, 1995
Q-Ball Fire4,300Sep 20, 1995Natural
N Boundary A Fire3,754Apr 11, 1995
W S Fire3,038Oct 21, 1995Human
Jack Fire3,000Jan 11, 1995
Mckinght Fire3,000Jun 23, 1995

Every fire of 1995 New Mexico fire history

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.