Wildfires of 1993

Table Fire

1993Pima County, ArizonaWildfire

The Table Fire burned 1,190 acres in Pima County, Arizona, in 1993. It was discovered on June 2, 1993, and contained on June 3, 1993. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
1,190 acres
Discovered
June 2, 1993
Contained
June 3, 1993
Cause
Human

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 32.367, -110.965.

The record

Reported final size
1,190 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
586 acres
Discovered
June 2, 1993, 1:15 p.m. local time
Contained
June 3, 1993, 5:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Arizona
County
Pima County
Reporting unit
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZCNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
SCHMIDT_4930378

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

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

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. 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.