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Largest fire in Arizona history at that time. Human Ponderosa Pine, Oak / Juniper-Pinyon Coconino / Gila / Navajo: 468,638 ac 732 sq.mi. 189,651 ha 426 0 0 2003 Aspen Fire: Fire on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains burned through the town of Summerhaven, destroying 325 of 340 structures. Human Aspen / Pine-Oak / Conifer Pima / Pinal ...
The Bighorn Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. [3] It burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) until it was finally put out on July 23, 2020. A lightning strike from a storm at 9:46 PM on June 5, 2020 caused the fire. [1] The fire was named after the bighorn sheep that inhabit the area. [4]
It was moved to Tucson in 1775 where Hugo O'Conor, an Irishman working for the Spanish crown, officially founded Presidio San Augustin del Tucson. [2] The Spanish stayed in the area, fighting down repeated attacks on the fort by Apache warriors. In 1821, Tucson became part of the new state of Sonora in Mexico, who had won independence from Spain.
The Bighorn Fire burning in the Coronado National Forest near Tucson grew to nearly 17,500 acres and was at 40 percent containment on June 17 as gusty winds and high temperatures made conditions ...
The largest fire in Arizona state history. In one 24-hour burn period (6/6-6/7), it consumed 77,769 acres of forest land. 2011: 34,000 acres (14,000 ha) Bastrop County Complex Fire: Texas: The worst fire in Texas state history, destroyed over 1,500 homes. 2011: 1,748,636 acres (707,648 ha) Richardson Backcountry Fire: Alberta
1732 – Mission San Xavier del Bac founded by Jesuits near present-day Tucson. [1] 1776 – Presidio San Augustin del Tucson (military outpost) established. [1] 1779 – December 6: First Battle of Tucson. 1782 May 1: Second Battle of Tucson. December 25: Third Battle of Tucson (1782). 1784 – March 21: Fourth Battle of Tucson, Sonora, New Spain.
The others are the Trout fire, which has burned 23,369 acres and is 33% contained, and the Long fire, which has burned 9,204 acres and is 95% contained, according to federal officials.
Burned over 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Great Michigan Fires. Peshtigo Fire: 1910 North Idaho and Western Montana: 87/? The largest Fire in U.S. history burned an area the size of Connecticut (3,000,000 acres [12,000 km 2]), killing 87 people, including 78 firefighters Great Fire of 1910 [6 ...