Wildfires of 1998

Dodd Fire

1998New MexicoWildfire

The Dodd Fire burned 1,200 acres in New Mexico, in 1998. It was discovered on July 13, 1998.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
July 13, 1998
Cause
Undetermined

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 34.339, -103.730.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
July 13, 1998
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
NM99-40200104X

Other large fires in New Mexico in 199812

FireAcresStartCause
Buckeye Fire16,080Jun 16, 1998
Unnamed Fire12,987Nov 13, 1998
Burleson Fire11,002May 3, 1998
Unnamed Fire10,350May 5, 1998
Unnamed Fire7,774May 5, 1998
Keith Fire6,000
Rinker Fire5,199
Oso Fire5,185Jun 27, 1998Human
Heather Fire5,000Jul 14, 1998
Bs Fire4,404Sep 28, 1998Natural
Beard Fire4,323May 10, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,540Jul 15, 1998

Every fire of 1998 New Mexico fire history

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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.