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Southwest Fire:

Current Fire

Since the 1900s, and especially since the 1980s, western states, including Arizona and New Mexico, have recorded increasing total forest area burned by wildfire.
 

• Some recent fires have been quite intense, killing many trees and causing various ecological and economic problems. Read on about some notable wildfires in the Southwest since the 1990s.
   
  1. 2011 Wallow (White Mountains) Fire: This Wiki page documents the 2011 Wallow Fire, officially Arizona's largest wildland fire ever.
      
  2. 2011 Horseshoe 2 (Chiricahua Mountains) Fire: This Wiki page documents the 2011 Horseshoe 2 Fire, even bigger than the 1994 Rattlesnake Fire.
      
  3. 2003 Aspen (Catalina Mountains) Fire: This 2004 Arizona Daily Star article documents the 2003 Aspen fire.
      
  4. 2002 Rodeo-Chediski (White Mountains) Fire: This 2003 Arizona Daily Star article documents the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski Fire.
      
  5. 2002 Bullock (Catalina Mountains) Fire: This 2002 Arizona Daily Star article documents the 2002 Bullock Fire.
      
  6. Fire an ecological horror–or maybe not: This 2000 Arizona Daily Star article describes the likely ecological response to the 2000 Los Alamos fire that will occur in the coming years.
      
  7. 1996 Clark Peak (Mt. Graham) Fire: This 1996 Arizona Daily Star article documents the 1996 Mt. Graham fire.
      
  8. 1994 Rattlesnake (Chiricahua Mountains) Fire: This 1994 Arizona Daily Star article documents the 1994 Chiricahua Mountain fire.
      

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