Wildfire, Coconino
- When
- May 18, 2:30 PM MST to May 25, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Coconino County, 10 mi N of Flagstaff
- Coordinates
- 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Arizona, May 18 to 25, 1996
A wildfire, called the Horseshoe Fire, began at the sight of an old slashpile burn and was driven by gradient winds, estimated at 60 mph. In 7 days the Horseshoe Fire destroyed 8650 acres of public and private land.
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.
A wildfire, called the Horseshoe Fire, began at the sight of an old slashpile burn and was driven by gradient winds, estimated at 60 mph. In 7 days the Horseshoe Fire destroyed 8650 acres of public and private land. No damage estimate was available.
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
- Heat in Illinois, May 18 to 19, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Heat in Virginia, May 18 to 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 18, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Arizona in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, May 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: 5545941.