Wildfires of 1998

Xk Prescribed Fire

1998ArizonaPrescribed fire

The Xk Prescribed Fire burned 17,384 acres in Arizona, in 1998. MTBS dates its ignition to May 18, 1998.

Size
17,384 acres
Ignition
May 18, 1998

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,384 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.401, -110.098.

The record

Burned area mapped by MTBS
17,384 acres
Ignition (MTBS)
May 18, 1998
State
Arizona
Incident type
Prescribed fire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3340211009819980518
MTBS assessment
Initial
Note on the perimeter
Nearest fire that met acre requirements

Other large fires in Arizona in 199812

FireAcresStartCause
Unnamed Fire38,811Jul 11, 1998
Unnamed Fire8,527Jul 11, 1998
Nr Complex4,957Aug 3, 1998Natural
Unnamed Fire4,913Jul 27, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,638Jun 27, 1998
Unnamed Fire3,241Jun 18, 1998
Summit 1 Fire2,849Oct 1, 1998
Topeka Fire2,532Jun 9, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire2,500Aug 7, 1998Natural
Tonto Fire2,412Oct 13, 1998
South Dike Fire2,200Jul 5, 1998Human
Unnamed Fire2,053May 26, 1998

Every fire of 1998 Arizona fire history

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.