South Fire
The South Fire burned 2,315 acres in Arizona, in 1987. MTBS dates its ignition to June 27, 1987.
- Size
- 2,315 acres
- Ignition
- June 27, 1987
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,315 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.538, -109.098.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,315 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,960 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 27, 1987
- State
- Arizona
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3154310909519870627
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
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 | |
| Bonita II Fire | 2,123 | Jun 15, 1987 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,121 | Aug 14, 1987 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.