Wildfires of 1992

Rock Tank Fire

1992ArizonaOther fire

The Rock Tank Fire burned 1,148 acres in Arizona, in 1992. MTBS dates its ignition to April 28, 1992.

Size
1,148 acres
Ignition
April 28, 1992

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,148 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.579, -111.472.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,148 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
April 28, 1992
State
Arizona
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3157911147219920428
MTBS assessment
Initial
Note on the perimeter
31 std.

Other large fires in Arizona in 199212

FireAcresStartCause
Granite Fire2,569Jun 23, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Jul 19, 1992Natural
Garcia Fire2,119Apr 29, 1992
CHUICHU6 Fire2,106Jun 27, 1992Human
Black Mt Fire2,000Jul 18, 1992Human
Unnamed Fire1,817Jun 26, 1992
State Park Fire1,581Jun 20, 1992Human
Ca Chnl 2 Fire1,285Apr 19, 1992Human
Gillespie Fire1,275Jun 23, 1992Natural
Old Yellow Fire1,150Jun 1, 1992Human
Cordova Fire1,116Apr 10, 1992
Unnamed Fire1,039Apr 30, 1992

Every fire of 1992 Arizona fire history

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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.