Hay Meadow Fire
The Hay Meadow Fire burned 19,000 acres in Otero County, New Mexico, in 2000. It was discovered on May 17, 2000, and contained on May 22, 2000. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 19,000 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2000
- Contained
- May 22, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,536 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.372, -105.835.
The record
- Reported final size
- 19,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,536 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2000, 12:44 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 22, 2000, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Mexico
- County
- Otero County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Las Cruces Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3237910571920000517
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-97954
- Note on the perimeter
- this fire remapped to have no high severity
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 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Grande Fire | 47,650 | May 5, 2000 | Human |
| Johnny Fire | 42,212 | Feb 17, 2000 | Human |
| Valentine Complex | 40,333 | Feb 12, 2000 | Human |
| Grande Complex | 36,324 | Mar 7, 2000 | Human |
| Chance Fire | 32,860 | Jun 5, 2000 | Natural |
| Viveash Fire | 28,348 | May 29, 2000 | Human |
| Cascabel Fire | 18,000 | Apr 14, 2000 | Human |
| Bloodgood Fire | 16,452 | Jul 19, 2000 | Natural |
| Scottable Fire | 16,034 | May 11, 2000 | Human |
| Diamond Fire | 13,000 | Mar 15, 2000 | Human |
| Milagro Fire | 12,800 | Mar 16, 2000 | Human |
| Pad Fire | 11,000 | Mar 30, 2000 | Human |
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.