Topeka Fire
The Topeka Fire burned 2,532 acres in Arizona, in 1998. It was discovered on June 9, 1998, and contained on July 10, 1998. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,532 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 1998
- Contained
- July 10, 1998
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,066 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.043, -112.041.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,532 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,066 acres
- Discovered
- June 9, 1998, 9:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 1998, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3603211215419980609
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-251097
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 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,500 | Aug 7, 1998 | Natural |
| Tonto Fire | 2,412 | Oct 13, 1998 | |
| South Dike Fire | 2,200 | Jul 5, 1998 | Human |
| 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.