Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 2,500 acres in Arizona, in 1998. It was discovered on August 7, 1998, and contained on August 10, 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to June 18, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 1998
- Contained
- August 10, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,034 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.468, -110.203.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,034 acres
- Discovered
- August 7, 1998, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 18, 1998
- Contained
- August 10, 1998, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- San Carlos Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3345311026219980618
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-425476
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 |
| 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.