Clark Peak Fire
The Clark Peak Fire burned 6,716 acres in Arizona, in 1996. It was discovered on April 24, 1996, and contained on May 16, 1996. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,716 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 1996
- Contained
- May 16, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,791 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.698, -109.957.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,716 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,791 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,406 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 1996, 4:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 16, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3269010993019960424
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-310986
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| Bridger Knoll Fire | 35,907 | Jun 20, 1996 | Natural |
| 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 |
| 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.