Wildfires of 1993

Unnamed Fire

1993ArizonaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,000 acres in Arizona, in 1993. It was discovered on June 19, 1993, and contained on June 21, 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to August 21, 1993. The cause was recorded as railroad operations and maintenance.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
June 19, 1993
Contained
June 21, 1993
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,598 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.167, -114.084.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,598 acres
Discovered
June 19, 1993, 3:00 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
August 21, 1993
Contained
June 21, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Railroad operations and maintenance
State
Arizona
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Phoenix District Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3517311405619930821
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-32814

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

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.