Hancewatso Prescribed Fire
The Hancewatso Prescribed Fire burned 3,546 acres in Arizona, in 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to November 6, 2002.
- Size
- 3,546 acres
- Ignition
- November 6, 2002
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,546 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 35.982, -112.016.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,546 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 6, 2002
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3598211201620021106
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
Other large fires in Arizona in 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodeo Fire | 259,159 | Jun 18, 2002 | Human |
| Ryan Fire | 38,179 | Apr 29, 2002 | Human |
| Bullock Fire | 30,600 | May 20, 2002 | Human |
| Walker Fire | 16,369 | Jun 12, 2002 | Human |
| Little Fire | 8,800 | May 4, 2002 | Human |
| Darnell Fire | 5,942 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| Trick Fire | 5,550 | Aug 21, 2002 | Natural |
| City Hall Fire | 5,312 | May 14, 2002 | Human |
| Oak Tree Fire | 4,471 | Feb 21, 2002 | Human |
| Carrizo 1 Fire | 4,033 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| Vock Cyn Fire | 3,674 | Feb 20, 2002 | |
| Packrat Complex | 3,470 | Aug 15, 2002 | Natural |
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.