Montosa Fire
The Montosa Fire burned 9,073 acres in Arizona, in 1990. MTBS dates its ignition to June 26, 1990.
- Size
- 9,073 acres
- Ignition
- June 26, 1990
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,073 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.863, -110.493.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,073 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 26, 1990
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3186311049319900626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Arizona in 19906
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dude Fire | 25,057 | Jun 25, 1990 | |
| Container Fire | 3,974 | Apr 29, 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.