Hilltop RX Burn Alph
The Hilltop RX Burn Alph burned 2,949 acres in Arizona, in 2008. MTBS dates its ignition to October 20, 2008.
- Size
- 2,949 acres
- Ignition
- October 20, 2008
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,949 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.618, -110.348.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,949 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- October 20, 2008
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3361811034820081020
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Low confidence hard to delineate fire perimeter
Other large fires in Arizona in 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marteen Wfu Fire | 10,789 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Lane 2 Fire | 9,629 | Jun 28, 2008 | Human |
| Jack Wood Wfu Fire | 8,609 | Jun 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Hot Air Fire | 8,300 | Jun 22, 2008 | Natural |
| White Tank Fire | 8,135 | Jun 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Distillery Fire | 7,950 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,855 | May 21, 2008 | |
| Ethan Fire | 6,660 | Jun 25, 2008 | Natural |
| Alamo Fire | 5,070 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,940 | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| Meadow Fire | 3,876 | Feb 14, 2008 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 3,852 | Apr 22, 2008 | Human |
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.