Point Fire
The Point Fire burned 1,762 acres in Arizona, in 1993. It was discovered on June 16, 1993, and contained on June 20, 1993. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,762 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 1993
- Contained
- June 20, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,633 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.448, -112.118.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,762 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,633 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,657 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 1993, 11:48 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 1993, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kaibab National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZKNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1993-AZKNF-000028
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3647311209319930616
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-280411
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- gps .cor file
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 |
| Cedar Wash Fire | 7,407 | Jun 20, 1993 | Natural |
| 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 |
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.