San Pedro Fire
The San Pedro Fire burned 5,975 acres in New Mexico, in 1996. It was discovered on June 8, 1996, and contained on June 11, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,975 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 1996
- Contained
- June 11, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,053 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.866, -106.858.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,975 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,053 acres
- Discovered
- June 8, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 11, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3384210684219960608
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1996NMBDR2401
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 | |
| 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 |
| 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.