Mothers Day Fire
The Mothers Day Fire burned 1,200 acres in Arizona, in 1994. It was discovered on May 8, 1994, and contained on May 11, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1994
- Contained
- May 11, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,271 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.182, -110.698.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,271 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,270 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1994, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 11, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Saguaro National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- AZSAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AZSAP-000003
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3218711069619940508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-264097
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Castle Fire | 4,763 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Peck Fire | 4,321 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
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.