Wildfires of 1999

Unnamed Fire

1999ArizonaOther fire

The Unnamed Fire burned 1,100 acres in Arizona, in 1999. It was discovered on May 16, 1999, and contained on May 17, 1999. MTBS dates its ignition to June 14, 1999. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
1,100 acres
Discovered
May 16, 1999
Contained
May 17, 1999
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,403 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.450, -110.350.

The record

Reported final size
1,100 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,403 acres
Discovered
May 16, 1999
Ignition (MTBS)
June 14, 1999
Contained
May 17, 1999
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Arizona
Reporting unit
Coronado National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Incident type
Other fire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3149911029519990614
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_1999_AZ-CNF-077

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

FireAcresStartCause
Jumpspring Fire16,816May 28, 1999Natural
Harcuvar Fire15,980May 27, 1999Natural
Chiva Fire10,615
Box Canyon Fire6,476Jun 18, 1999Natural
Unnamed Fire5,751Oct 28, 1999
Unnamed Fire5,736Oct 28, 1999
Hot Spring Fire4,735May 20, 1999
Rainbow Fire4,383Jun 11, 1999Human
High Fire4,334Apr 14, 1999
Unnamed Fire3,210Oct 28, 1999
Arrastra Fire2,400Jun 18, 1999Human
Unnamed Fire2,393Nov 13, 1999

Every fire of 1999 Arizona fire history

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.