Bridger Knoll Fire
The Bridger Knoll Fire burned 35,907 acres in Arizona, in 1996. It was discovered on June 20, 1996, and contained on July 26, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 35,907 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1996
- Contained
- July 26, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 35,460 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.455, -112.438.
The record
- Reported final size
- 35,907 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 35,460 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 53,377 acres
- Discovered
- June 20, 1996, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 26, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Kaibab National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZKNF
- Part of
- Bridger Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-AZKNF-000058
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3653611241819960620
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-317367
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- gps, Brigder and Jump fires
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Fire | 58,960 | Apr 27, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 19,677 | Apr 2, 1996 | |
| Jump Fire | 17,688 | Jun 22, 1996 | Natural |
| Hockderffer Fire | 16,400 | Jun 20, 1996 | Natural |
| Horseshoe Fire | 8,650 | May 18, 1996 | Human |
| Montosa Fire | 8,586 | ||
| Pot Fire | 7,000 | Jun 21, 1996 | Natural |
| Clark Peak Fire | 6,716 | Apr 24, 1996 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,893 | Apr 2, 1996 | |
| Whitesprg Fire | 4,263 | Apr 24, 1996 | Human |
| ALLENTOWN5 Fire | 3,393 | Jun 7, 1996 | Natural |
| Hdscrabble Fire | 2,674 | Jul 6, 1996 | 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.