CITYHALL2 Fire
The CITYHALL2 Fire burned 5,200 acres in Arizona, in 2000. It was discovered on June 2, 2000, and contained on June 4, 2000. The cause was recorded as smoking.
- Size
- 5,200 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2000
- Contained
- June 4, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,728 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.791, -111.458.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,728 acres
- Discovered
- June 2, 2000, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 4, 2000, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Smoking
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3175111146220000602
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000AZBAR2572
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Arizona in 200012
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlet Fire | 15,427 | May 10, 2000 | Human |
| Coon Creek Fire | 9,359 | Apr 26, 2000 | Human |
| Pumpkin Fire | 8,759 | May 25, 2000 | Natural |
| Ridge Fire | 8,690 | Jul 22, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,064 | Apr 29, 2000 | |
| Gus Fire | 5,700 | Apr 9, 2000 | Human |
| Deluge Fire | 3,974 | Feb 9, 2000 | |
| Lane Fire | 2,750 | May 14, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,516 | May 23, 2000 | |
| Peak Fire | 2,310 | Jul 30, 2000 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,081 | May 23, 2000 | |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 1,554 | Jul 25, 2000 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.