Cow Fire
The Cow Fire burned 1,008 acres in Arizona, in 1996. It was discovered on August 11, 1996, and contained on August 22, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,008 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1996
- Contained
- August 22, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,053 acres, mapped by other agency digital. Point of origin as reported, 34.100, -112.000.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,008 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,053 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1996, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 22, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Tonto National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZTNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1996-AZTNF-000248
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-316839
- Perimeter map method
- Other Agency Digital
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 |
| 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 |
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. 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.