Pocum Fire
The Pocum Fire burned 16,409 acres in Arizona, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to June 3, 1986.
- Size
- 16,409 acres
- Ignition
- June 3, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,409 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 36.568, -113.824.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,409 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 3, 1986
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3656811382419860603
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Many fires were reported at the sametime was difficult to delineate indvidual fires. Mapped the fire as one large complex.
Other large fires in Arizona in 19863
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biscuit Fire | 6,091 | Jun 17, 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.