Montezuma Fire
The Montezuma Fire burned 6,512 acres in Arizona, in 1995. It was discovered on June 22, 1995, and contained on June 24, 1995. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 6,512 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 1995
- Contained
- June 24, 1995
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,731 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.251, -112.219.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,512 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,731 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 1995, 10:13 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 24, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pima Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3327211223719950622
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-414848
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Fire | 24,505 | Jul 7, 1995 | Natural |
| Basin Fire | 22,092 | Jul 7, 1995 | Natural |
| Rhett Fire | 19,725 | Jul 17, 1995 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 11,416 | Jul 12, 1995 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 10,446 | Sep 25, 1995 | |
| River Fire | 9,500 | Jul 1, 1995 | Human |
| Stove Fire | 9,380 | Jun 13, 1995 | Human |
| Tastefull Fire | 8,682 | Jun 30, 1995 | Natural |
| Squaw Fire | 7,000 | Jul 30, 1995 | Natural |
| Lost Fire | 6,687 | Jul 7, 1995 | Natural |
| Towerii Fire | 6,445 | Jun 30, 1995 | Natural |
| Joeshill Fire | 6,000 | Jul 30, 1995 | 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.