Rodeo–Chediski Fire
| Rodeo–Chediski Fire | |
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Rodeo–Chediski fires on June 28, 2002, as seen from the Landsat 7 satellite | |
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| Location | Coconino and Navajo counties, Arizona |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 468,638 acres (732.247 sq mi; 189,651 ha) |
| Land use | forest, rural |
| Impacts | |
| Structures destroyed | 426 |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | arson, accidental |
| Perpetrator(s) | Leonard Gregg, Valinda Jo Elliott |
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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. It was the worst forest fire in Arizona's recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it. Several local communities, including Show Low, Pinetop-Lakeside, Heber-Overgaard, Clay Springs, and Pinedale, were threatened and had to be evacuated.