Turkey Fire
The Turkey Fire burned 2,176 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 1999. It was discovered on June 17, 1999, and contained on June 17, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,176 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1999
- Contained
- June 17, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,239 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.717, -111.117.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,176 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,239 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,177 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 1999, 3:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 17, 1999, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coconino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-AZCOF-000105
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3471211113019990617
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-340395
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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.