Oso Fire
The Oso Fire burned 5,185 acres in New Mexico, in 1998. It was discovered on June 27, 1998, and contained on July 8, 1998. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 5,185 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1998
- Contained
- July 8, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,293 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.023, -106.303.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,185 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,293 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,513 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 1998, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 1998, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMSNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1998-NMSNF-000062
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3602110631719980627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-331629
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Hy Lonesome Fire | 3,300 | Feb 24, 1998 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.