Red Basin Prescribed Fire
The Red Basin Prescribed Fire burned 2,153 acres in Arizona, in 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to May 17, 1999.
- Size
- 2,153 acres
- Ignition
- May 17, 1999
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,153 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.030, -110.479.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,153 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- May 17, 1999
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3303011047919990517
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Hard to delineate fire perimeter
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
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.