Chino Well Fire
The Chino Well Fire burned 8,260 acres in New Mexico, in 1996. It was discovered on April 20, 1996, and contained on May 18, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 8,260 acres
- Discovered
- April 20, 1996
- Contained
- May 18, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,873 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.172, -105.728.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,260 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,873 acres
- Discovered
- April 20, 1996, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 18, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Mescalero Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3319210567219960420
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-346838
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 | ||
| Archuleta Fire | 15,356 | Jun 10, 1996 | Natural |
| Farley Fire | 10,000 | Feb 26, 1996 | |
| 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
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.