Ok Bar Fire
201860,481 acresNew Mexico
The Ok Bar Fire burned 60,481 acres, about 95 square miles, across Hidalgo County. It began on April 22, 2018.
Watch how it happenedOk Bar Fire · 2018
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 9.8% | 5,898 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 82% | 49,724 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 8.0% | 4,854 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 10% burned at moderate severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Hidalgo County | NM | 60,457 |
Other large fires in New Mexico in 2018
- Buzzard Fire51,028 acres
- 206 Fire40,246 acres
- San Luis Fire36,252 acres
- Ute Park Fire30,150 acres
- Stateline Fire28,533 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.