Wildfire in Arizona, July 1 to 31, 2022

Name: Wildfire in Arizona, July 1 to 31, 2022
Start: 2022-07-01T00:00
End: 2022-07-31T18:00
Location: Arizona

July 1 to 31, 2022 · NWS FGZ · 2 events in 1 county or zone

The Pipleline Fire was human caused and detected around 1015 AM on June 12, 2022 about 6 miles north of Flagstaff. It burned through 26,532 acres by the end of July.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.

The Pipleline Fire was human caused and detected around 1015 AM on June 12, 2022 about 6 miles north of Flagstaff. It burned through 26,532 acres by the end of July. The location and terrain of the fire set the stage for extensive flash flooding in and around Flagstaff once the rainy season started a few weeks later. The Haywire Fire was detected June 13 at 530 AM 7.5 miles northeast of Doney Park. It burned a total of 5,575 acres.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Flagstaff, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 1:43 PM MST, 10 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 1:43 PM MST, 10 hours 17 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

2 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.

Wildfire, Western Mogollon Rim

When: July 1, 12:00 AM MST to July 31, 6:00 PM MST
Where: Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Pipeline Fire was reported on June 12, 2022 approximately 6 miles north of Flagstaff on the southwest flanks of Fremont Peak. Most of the 26,532 acres burned in June before higher humidity and rain arrived. The burned area lead to many flash flood events once rain started to fall during the yearly summer thunderstorm season (North American Monsoon). The fire suppression costs were at least 11 million dollars. Damage to the forest and watershed was much more than that.

Wildfire, Western Mogollon Rim

When: July 1, 12:00 AM MST to July 31, 6:00 PM MST
Where: Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
Reported by: Park/Forest Service
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The Haywire Fire started near Haywire Crater the day after the Pipeline Fire exploded. It burned through pine (ponderosa and pinyon), juniper, grass, and brush. Another fire (Double Fire) started near the Double Crater (two vents) a few days later and merged with the Haywire Fire. The Double Fire was either a spot from the other two fires or lightning caused. Once the two fires merged, 5,575 acres burned. The fire continued to burn through July with little additional spread. The topography and soils (cinders) of the Haywire Fire did not substantially increase the treat of post fire flash flooding.

What these are

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

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1040559, 1040560.