Black Mt Fire
The Black Mt Fire burned 2,000 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 1992. It was discovered on July 18, 1992, and contained on July 21, 1992. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 1992
- Contained
- July 21, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,301 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.818, -111.893.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,301 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 1992, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 21, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3380811188419920718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SCHMIDT_4920415
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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Fire | 2,569 | Jun 23, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Jul 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Garcia Fire | 2,119 | Apr 29, 1992 | |
| CHUICHU6 Fire | 2,106 | Jun 27, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,817 | Jun 26, 1992 | |
| State Park Fire | 1,581 | Jun 20, 1992 | Human |
| Ca Chnl 2 Fire | 1,285 | Apr 19, 1992 | Human |
| Gillespie Fire | 1,275 | Jun 23, 1992 | Natural |
| Old Yellow Fire | 1,150 | Jun 1, 1992 | Human |
| Rock Tank Fire | 1,148 | Apr 28, 1992 | |
| Cordova Fire | 1,116 | Apr 10, 1992 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,039 | Apr 30, 1992 |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.