Wildfire in Arizona, June 6 to 22, 2006

Name: Wildfire in Arizona, June 6 to 22, 2006
Start: 2006-06-06T14:00
End: 2006-06-22T18:00
Location: Arizona

June 6 to 22, 2006 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 wildfire, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Event by event

1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County

When: June 6, 2:00 PM MST to June 22, 6:00 PM MST
Where: Little Colorado River Valley in Navajo County forecast zone
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates: 35.400, -110.321 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Potato Complex Fire started on June 6th, 2006, and originally consisted of four separate lightning-caused fires ten miles northwest of Heber-Overgaard, Arizona. Named for Potato Creek, the Potato complex burned in Ponderosa Pine, grass understory, Pinyon, and Juniper on the Black Mesa Ranger District of the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. There were 374 personnel assigned to this fire including 7 Regular Crews, 2 Camp Crews, 7 Dozers, 13 Engines, 11 Water Tenders, 2 Air Tankers, and a light Helicopter. The fire burned about 6,300 acres with a total suppression cost of about $3.5 million.

What these are

Wildfire: A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5527142.