Wildfires of 1997

Ubar Fire

1997New MexicoWildfire

The Ubar Fire burned 3,220 acres in New Mexico, in 1997. It was discovered on January 30, 1997.

Size
3,220 acres
Discovered
January 30, 1997
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.834, -103.307.

The record

Reported final size
3,220 acres
Discovered
January 30, 1997
Cause
Undetermined
State
New Mexico
Land ownership at origin
Private
Reporting unit
New Mexico State Forestry Division
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
NM97-51100313X

Other large fires in New Mexico in 199712

FireAcresStartCause
Perez Fire38,000Mar 16, 1997
Lilly Fire25,000Apr 27, 1997Natural
Horton Fire25,000Mar 3, 1997
Caprock Fire10,240Jan 3, 1997
Unnamed Fire9,427Mar 7, 1997
Garita Fire8,000Mar 13, 1997
Rabbit Fire7,600
Langstroth Fire5,800
CR-50 Fire5,760Jun 2, 1997
Rinker Fire5,200Mar 24, 1997
Rocky Fire4,000Apr 21, 1997Natural
Batespastu Fire3,199Mar 18, 1997

Every fire of 1997 New Mexico fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.