Container Fire
The Container Fire burned 3,974 acres in Arizona, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to April 29, 1990.
- Size
- 3,974 acres
- Ignition
- April 29, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,974 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 34.144, -109.331.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,974 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- April 29, 1990
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3414410933119900429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Arizona in 19906
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dude Fire | 25,057 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Montosa Fire | 9,073 | Jun 26, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,385 | May 27, 1990 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,923 | Jun 30, 1990 | |
| Maverick Fire | 1,781 | Jun 26, 1990 | |
| Buster Fire | 1,473 | May 24, 1990 |
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.