Dome Fire

This article is about the 1996 Dome Fire in New Mexico. For the 2020 Dome Fire in California, see Dome Fire (2020).
Dome Fire
Smoke from the Dome Fire dominated this view from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Date(s)April 26, 1996 - May 1996
LocationJemez Mountains, New Mexico
Statistics
Total area16,516 acres (66.84 km2)
Ignition
CauseImproperly extinguished campfire

The Dome Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Jemez Mountains in the northern region of the U.S. state of New Mexico during the 1996 fire season.[1][2] It has been described by forester Bill Armstrong as "a wakeup call that nobody woke up to", anomalous at the time but an indicator of future high-intensity fires[3] that are becoming more common due to both local and global environmental changes.[4][5]

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  3. ^ Petryna, Adriana (10 November 2018). "Wildfires at the Edges of Science: Horizoning Work amid Runaway Change". Cultural Anthropology. 33 (4): 570–595. doi:10.14506/ca33.4.06. S2CID 150192757. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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