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Location in Arizona. 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.
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 Aspen Fire burned from June 17, 2003, for about a month on Mount Lemmon, part of the Santa Catalina Mountains located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, and in the surrounding area. It burned 84,750 acres (343.0 km 2) [1] (132.4 sq mi) of land, and destroyed 340 homes and businesses of the town of Summerhaven .
520. GNIS feature ID. 34939. FIPS code. 04-70175. Summerhaven is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a permanent population of 40. [2]
Easiest route. Catalina Highway. Mount Lemmon, with a summit elevation of 9,159 feet (2,792 m), [1] is the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains. It is located in the Coronado National Forest north of Tucson, Arizona, United States. Mount Lemmon was named for botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon, who trekked to the top of the mountain with her ...
The name Four Peaks is a reference to the four distinct peaks of a north–south ridge forming the massif's summit. The northernmost peak is named Brown's Peak and is the tallest of the four at 7,659 feet (2,334 m). [1] It is the highest point in Maricopa County. The remaining summits have no official names, and from north to south are 7,644 ...
Mount Lemmon Ski Valley. / 32.45222°N 110.78389°W / 32.45222; -110.78389. Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is a recreational ski area in the U.S. state of Arizona, and the southernmost ski destination in the continental United States. [1] Mount Lemmon Ski Valley is located on the slopes of Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains just ...
Weavers Needle from Peralta Canyon. Weavers Needle is a 1,000-foot-high (300 m) column of rock that forms a distinctive peak visible for many miles around. Located in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix, Arizona, Weavers Needle was created when a thick layer of tuff (fused volcanic ash)—a volcanic plug —was heavily eroded, creating the spire as an erosional remnant with a summit ...