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Lightning caused fire started on Armer Mountain in the Sierra Ancha Mountains south of Young, Arizona. Lightning Ponderosa Pine / Pine-Oak Gila 5,500 0 0 0 2012 Apache Pass Fire [74] Small fire north of Fort Bowie. Human Desert Grassland Cochise 1,686 0 0 0 2012 257 Fire [75] Small fire 4 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona. N/A Desert Scrub ...
Smoke from Wallow Fire in Albuquerque, sunset, June 7, 2011 Wallow North and Horseshoe Two Fires (lower left), Arizona. NASA satellite image, midday, June 12, 2011. Vertical line is AZ-NM state line. The Wallow Fire was a wildfire that started in the White Mountains near Alpine, Arizona on May 29, 2011.
Rodeo–Chediski fires on July 1, 2002, as seen from NASA's ER-2 aircraft. The Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. [2] It was the worst forest fire in Arizona's recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it. [3]
The massive wildfire started in the White Mountains near Alpine, Arizona on May 29, 2011 due to the mismanagement of a campfire. The communities of Alpine, Blue River, Greer, Nutrioso, Sunrise, Springerville, Eagar in Arizona, and Luna in New Mexico were evacuated. The fire jumped state lines and continued to grow till July 8 at 6 p.m., when it ...
In June 2002, the eastern portion of the Mogollon Rim was the site of Arizona's second-largest wildfire, the 470,000-acre (1,900 km 2) Rodeo–Chediski Fire. The Mogollon Rim was also the site of the Dude fire that started on June 25, 1990. This fire grew to cover over 30,000 acres (120 km 2) and killed six
In 2002, the Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in Heber-Overgaard beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. It was the second worst forest fire in Arizona to date, destroying 268 structures in Heber-Overgaard, (mainly in Overgaard) and consuming 467,066 acres (1,890.15 km 2). Overgaard was evacuated for ...
The 2021 Arizona wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of Arizona, United States. Wildfires across the state burned 524,428 acres (212,228 ha) of land in at least 1,773 fires throughout the state, [ 2 ] fueled in part by a drought, hot temperatures, and thunderstorms producing dry lightning .
The 2020 Arizona wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned across the state of Arizona. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season . With 2,520 fires burning 978,519 acres (395,993 ha) of land, it was the largest wildfire season in Arizona since 2011.