Cedar Wash Fire
The Cedar Wash Fire burned 7,407 acres in Arizona, in 1993. It was discovered on June 20, 1993, and contained on June 23, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,407 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1993
- Contained
- June 23, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,144 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.517, -113.951.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,407 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,144 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1993, 9:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 23, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Strip Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3656511395719930620
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-32659
- Note on the perimeter
- The pre-fire image 07/03/90 has striping through this fire.
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 199312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markham Fire | 35,696 | Jun 15, 1993 | Natural |
| Springs Fire | 12,495 | Jun 25, 1993 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,628 | Jul 31, 1993 | Human |
| Ranch Fire | 6,185 | Apr 29, 1993 | Human |
| Haquahala Fire | 4,824 | Jul 14, 1993 | Natural |
| Piety Fire | 4,800 | Jun 15, 1993 | Natural |
| Ravine Fire | 3,500 | Jun 26, 1993 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,389 | Jun 10, 1993 | Human |
| Edwards Fire | 3,094 | Aug 1, 1993 | Natural |
| 96-RCH Fire | 2,945 | Jun 5, 1993 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,770 | Jun 27, 1993 | |
| Sunland Fire | 2,560 | May 29, 1993 | Human |
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.