Jumpspring Fire
The Jumpspring Fire burned 16,816 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, in 1999. It was discovered on May 28, 1999, and contained on June 3, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 16,816 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 1999
- Contained
- June 3, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 19,628 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.593, -113.735.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,816 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 19,628 acres
- Discovered
- May 28, 1999, 5:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 3, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Strip Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Part of
- Jump Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3662411371319990528
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-3685
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Arrastra Fire | 2,400 | Jun 18, 1999 | Human |
| 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.