Rock Fire
The Rock Fire burned 1,308 acres in Arizona, in 1997. MTBS dates its ignition to March 20, 1997.
- Size
- 1,308 acres
- Ignition
- March 20, 1997
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,308 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 31.576, -111.461.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,308 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- March 20, 1997
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3157611146119970320
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Arizona in 199711
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 5,050 | Aug 20, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,039 | Apr 28, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,984 | Apr 12, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,422 | Apr 12, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,453 | Jun 24, 1997 | |
| Green Fire | 1,906 | Jul 15, 1997 | Natural |
| Dry Lake 1 Fire | 1,882 | Feb 1, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,681 | Jun 24, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,555 | Jun 27, 1997 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,259 | Apr 28, 1997 | |
| Figueroa Fire | 900 | May 7, 1997 |
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. 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.