Arrastra Fire
The Arrastra Fire burned 2,400 acres in Yuma County, Arizona, in 1999. It was discovered on June 18, 1999, and contained on June 20, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,400 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 1999
- Contained
- June 20, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,556 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.568, -114.203.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,556 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 1999, 10:45 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yuma County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Colorado River District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3458311417219990618
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-3238
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpspring Fire | 16,816 | May 28, 1999 | Natural |
| Harcuvar Fire | 15,980 | May 27, 1999 | Natural |
| Chiva Fire | 10,615 | ||
| Box Canyon Fire | 6,476 | Jun 18, 1999 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,751 | Oct 28, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 5,736 | Oct 28, 1999 | |
| Hot Spring Fire | 4,735 | May 20, 1999 | |
| Rainbow Fire | 4,383 | Jun 11, 1999 | Human |
| High Fire | 4,334 | Apr 14, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,210 | Oct 28, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,393 | Nov 13, 1999 | |
| Garcia Fire | 2,269 | Apr 16, 1999 |
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.