Oracle Fire
The Oracle Fire burned 3,600 acres in Pinal County, Arizona, in 1994. It was discovered on June 28, 1994, and contained on June 30, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,600 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1994
- Contained
- June 30, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,792 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.669, -110.693.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,792 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 1994, 7:55 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 30, 1994, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pinal County
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3262911070419940628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SCHMIDT_4940693
- Note on the perimeter
- Discrepancy in total acres only fire in selected area
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
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.