South Dike Fire
The South Dike Fire burned 2,200 acres in Arizona, in 1998. It was discovered on July 5, 1998, and contained on September 2, 1998. The cause was recorded as fireworks.
- Size
- 2,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 1998
- Contained
- September 2, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,149 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.765, -114.533.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,149 acres
- Discovered
- July 5, 1998, 10:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 2, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Fireworks
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Lake Havasu Refuges Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3479111455019980705
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-1998AZHVR2281
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 38,811 | Jul 11, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,527 | Jul 11, 1998 | |
| Nr Complex | 4,957 | Aug 3, 1998 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 4,913 | Jul 27, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,638 | Jun 27, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,241 | Jun 18, 1998 | |
| Summit 1 Fire | 2,849 | Oct 1, 1998 | |
| Topeka Fire | 2,532 | Jun 9, 1998 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Tonto Fire | 2,412 | Oct 13, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,053 | May 26, 1998 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,739 | Jun 2, 1998 |
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.