Rincon Fire
The Rincon Fire burned 14,590 acres in Arizona, in 1994. It was discovered on July 6, 1994, and contained on July 24, 1994. MTBS dates its ignition to June 29, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 14,590 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 1994
- Contained
- July 24, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,462 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.190, -110.498.
The record
- Reported final size
- 14,590 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,462 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 22,054 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 1994, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 29, 1994
- Contained
- July 24, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- AZSAP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1994-AZSAP-000020
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3218711052219940629
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-291235
- 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 | ||
| 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 |
| 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. 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.