Mt Emma Fire
The Mt Emma Fire burned 1,350 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, in 1999. It was discovered on June 3, 1999, and contained on June 21, 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to June 4, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,350 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 1999
- Contained
- June 21, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,662 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.297, -113.164.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,350 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,662 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,286 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 1999, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 4, 1999
- Contained
- June 21, 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
- National Park Service
- Unit
- AZGCP
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-AZGCP-000023
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3628711315919990604
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-3701
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 | |
| Arrastra Fire | 2,400 | Jun 18, 1999 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,393 | Nov 13, 1999 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.