Wildfires of 1993

RX Burn

1993ArizonaPrescribed fire

The RX Burn burned 11,992 acres in Arizona, in 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to October 7, 1993.

Size
11,992 acres
Ignition
October 7, 1993

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,992 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.694, -109.723.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
11,992 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
October 7, 1993
State
Arizona
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3366210967719931007
MTBS assessment
Initial

Other large fires in Arizona in 199312

FireAcresStartCause
Markham Fire35,696Jun 15, 1993Natural
Springs Fire12,495Jun 25, 1993Human
Cedar Wash Fire7,407Jun 20, 1993Natural
Unnamed Fire6,628Jul 31, 1993Human
Ranch Fire6,185Apr 29, 1993Human
Haquahala Fire4,824Jul 14, 1993Natural
Piety Fire4,800Jun 15, 1993Natural
Ravine Fire3,500Jun 26, 1993
Unnamed Fire3,389Jun 10, 1993Human
Edwards Fire3,094Aug 1, 1993Natural
96-RCH Fire2,945Jun 5, 1993Human
Unnamed Fire2,770Jun 27, 1993

Every fire of 1993 Arizona fire history

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. 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.