Castle Fire
The Castle Fire burned 4,763 acres in Arizona, in 1994. It was discovered on June 28, 1994, and contained on July 6, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,763 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1994
- Contained
- July 6, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 5,779 acres, mapped by digitized other. Point of origin as reported, 34.223, -112.212.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,763 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,779 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1994, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 6, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Prescott National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZPNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AZPNF-000035
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-292163
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized Other
- Note on the perimeter
- 10000' BUFFER PERIMETER
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Fire | 27,720 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Coyote Fire | 21,276 | Jun 27, 1994 | Natural |
| Rincon* Nps Fire | 15,077 | ||
| Rincon Fire | 14,590 | Jul 6, 1994 | Natural |
| Cottonwood Fire | 11,809 | Jun 22, 1994 | Natural |
| TOWERS-1 Fire | 10,250 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,286 | Jul 2, 1994 | |
| Armor Fire | 5,760 | Jun 29, 1994 | Natural |
| Redington Fire | 5,153 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Warm Fire | 5,000 | Aug 13, 1994 | Natural |
| Peck Fire | 4,321 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,000 | Jun 2, 1994 | Human |
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.