School Fire
The School Fire burned 1,462 acres in Arizona, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to June 7, 1989.
- Size
- 1,462 acres
- Ignition
- June 7, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,462 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.394, -110.145.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,462 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 7, 1989
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3139411014519890607
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Other
Other large fires in Arizona in 198912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlock Fire | 16,981 | Jul 4, 1989 | |
| Chiva Fire | 9,200 | Jul 6, 1989 | |
| Swisshelm Fire | 8,449 | Jul 4, 1989 | |
| Fagan Fire | 7,368 | Jul 5, 1989 | |
| Marijilda Fire | 4,233 | Jul 5, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,084 | Jun 18, 1989 | |
| Summit Fire | 2,781 | Jul 6, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,314 | Jul 18, 1989 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,065 | Aug 5, 1989 | |
| Muav Fire | 1,639 | Jul 7, 1989 | |
| Lavender Fire | 1,629 | Jul 6, 1989 | |
| Walnot Fire | 1,579 |
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.