Biscuit Fire
The Biscuit Fire burned 6,091 acres in Arizona, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to June 17, 1986.
- Size
- 6,091 acres
- Ignition
- June 17, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,091 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 32.714, -110.441.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,091 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 17, 1986
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3271411044119860617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Arizona in 19863
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocum Fire | 16,409 | Jun 3, 1986 | |
| Hot Air/Robison Fire | 3,015 | May 4, 1986 | |
| Shanon Fire | 1,312 |
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. 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.