Granite Fire
The Granite Fire burned 2,569 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 1992. It was discovered on June 23, 1992, and contained on June 25, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,569 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1992
- Contained
- June 25, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,515 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.625, -111.837.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,569 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,515 acres
- Discovered
- June 23, 1992, 3:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 25, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- 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
- AZ3376511185719920623
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SCHMIDT_4920280
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Jul 19, 1992 | Natural |
| Garcia Fire | 2,119 | Apr 29, 1992 | |
| CHUICHU6 Fire | 2,106 | Jun 27, 1992 | Human |
| Black Mt Fire | 2,000 | Jul 18, 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.