Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 10,350 acres in New Mexico, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to May 5, 1998.
- Size
- 10,350 acres
- Ignition
- May 5, 1998
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 10,350 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.596, -104.417.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 10,350 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 5, 1998
- State
- New Mexico
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3359610441719980505
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 | 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 | |
| Hy Lonesome Fire | 3,300 | Feb 24, 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. 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.