Wildfire, Coconino
- When
- June 20, 12:00 PM MST to June 30, 11:59 PM MST
- Where
- Coconino County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arizona, June 20 to 30, 1996
Wildfire outbreak. Two days of numerous dry thunderstorms, June 20 and 21, started over 120 lightning-caused fires.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
Wildfire outbreak. Two days of numerous dry thunderstorms, June 20 and 21, started over 120 lightning-caused fires. By the end of June, over 82,000 acres of private and public land was burned. Most were controlled by June 23, but several burned through the end of June until July 6 when the first significant rain occurred. The most significant wildfires were:BRIDGER KNOLLS/JUMP Fire: started at 1700, 06/20, controlled 07/06. Acres burned by end of June: 53,500, on the Northern Rim of the Grand Canyon.HOCHDERFFER FIRE: started 06/20, controlled 07/03. Total acres burned: 16,400. Twelve miles NW of Flagstaff.POT FIRE: started 06/20, controlled 06/26. Total acres burned: 7000. Ten miles NE of Sedona.COTTONWOOD FIRE: started 06/20, controlled 06/25. One mile south of Pinedale. Total acres burned: 1586.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 20, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 20, 1996
- Hail in Texas, June 20, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, June 20 to 28, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552993.