Whitesprg Fire
The Whitesprg Fire burned 4,263 acres in Arizona, in 1996. It was discovered on April 24, 1996, and contained on April 25, 1996. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 4,263 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 1996
- Contained
- April 25, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,156 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.185, -110.519.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,263 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,156 acres
- Discovered
- April 24, 1996, 8:13 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 25, 1996, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Apache Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3420811049919960424
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-405141
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 | |
| ALLENTOWN5 Fire | 3,393 | Jun 7, 1996 | Natural |
| Hdscrabble Fire | 2,674 | Jul 6, 1996 | 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.