Mesa Fire
The Mesa Fire burned 2,421 acres in New Mexico, in 1998. It was discovered on March 26, 1998, and contained on March 26, 1998. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,421 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1998
- Contained
- March 26, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,581 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.050, -104.763.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,421 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,581 acres
- Discovered
- March 26, 1998, 3:03 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 26, 1998, 9:13 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Roswell Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3405710474419980326
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-7624
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Fire | 16,080 | Jun 16, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 12,987 | Nov 13, 1998 | |
| Burleson Fire | 11,002 | May 3, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,350 | May 5, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,774 | May 5, 1998 | |
| Keith Fire | 6,000 | ||
| Rinker Fire | 5,199 | ||
| Oso Fire | 5,185 | Jun 27, 1998 | Human |
| Heather Fire | 5,000 | Jul 14, 1998 | |
| Bs Fire | 4,404 | Sep 28, 1998 | Natural |
| Beard Fire | 4,323 | May 10, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,540 | Jul 15, 1998 |
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.