Imperial Fire
The Imperial Fire burned 1,005 acres in Arizona, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to February 10, 1987.
- Size
- 1,005 acres
- Ignition
- February 10, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,005 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 32.971, -114.482.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,005 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- February 10, 1987
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3296711441719870210
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Arizona in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Fire | 5,942 | Jun 15, 1987 | |
| Seven Falls Fire | 5,768 | ||
| Tilla 2 Fire | 5,521 | Aug 30, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,298 | Jun 29, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,467 | Mar 28, 1987 | |
| Slim Fire | 3,523 | Jul 4, 1987 | |
| Smithsouth Fire | 3,123 | Jun 27, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,967 | Jun 15, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,959 | Sep 3, 1987 | |
| Lampshire Fire | 2,421 | Jun 9, 1987 | |
| South Fire | 2,315 | Jun 27, 1987 | |
| Bonita II Fire | 2,123 | Jun 15, 1987 |
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.