Archuleta Fire
The Archuleta Fire burned 15,356 acres in New Mexico, in 1996. It was discovered on June 10, 1996, and contained on June 21, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 15,356 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 1996
- Contained
- June 21, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,614 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.996, -107.047.
The record
- Reported final size
- 15,356 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,614 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 16,573 acres
- Discovered
- June 10, 1996, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Albuquerque District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3699810700819960610
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-18686
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 22,580 | Jun 23, 1996 | |
| Lookout Fire | 17,000 | Jun 8, 1996 | Natural |
| Dome Fire | 16,575 | Apr 25, 1996 | Human |
| Cherry Fire | 15,835 | ||
| Farley Fire | 10,000 | Feb 26, 1996 | |
| Chino Well Fire | 8,260 | Apr 20, 1996 | Human |
| Rabbit Fire | 7,600 | Mar 23, 1996 | |
| Hondo Fire | 7,525 | May 5, 1996 | Human |
| Pinatosa Fire | 7,100 | Mar 12, 1996 | Human |
| Langstroth Fire | 6,500 | Jun 9, 1996 | Natural |
| San Pedro Fire | 5,975 | Jun 8, 1996 | Human |
| K35 Fire | 5,509 |
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.