State Park Fire
The State Park Fire burned 1,581 acres in Arizona, in 1992. It was discovered on June 20, 1992, and contained on June 22, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,581 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1992
- Contained
- June 22, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,002 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.427, -110.915.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,581 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,002 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 749 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1992, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 22, 1992, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3243811088719920620
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-260396
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 |
| Black Mt Fire | 2,000 | Jul 18, 1992 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,817 | Jun 26, 1992 | |
| 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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.