City Hall Fire
The City Hall Fire burned 5,312 acres in Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on May 14, 2002, and contained on May 15, 2002. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,312 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 2002
- Contained
- May 15, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,432 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.766, -111.483.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,312 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,432 acres
- Discovered
- May 14, 2002, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 15, 2002, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- 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
- AZ3176511144420020514
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002AZBAR2564
- Note on the perimeter
- Same burn pattern as 2000 fire
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodeo Fire | 259,159 | Jun 18, 2002 | Human |
| Ryan Fire | 38,179 | Apr 29, 2002 | Human |
| Bullock Fire | 30,600 | May 20, 2002 | Human |
| Walker Fire | 16,369 | Jun 12, 2002 | Human |
| Little Fire | 8,800 | May 4, 2002 | Human |
| Darnell Fire | 5,942 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| Trick Fire | 5,550 | Aug 21, 2002 | Natural |
| Oak Tree Fire | 4,471 | Feb 21, 2002 | Human |
| Carrizo 1 Fire | 4,033 | Jun 28, 2002 | Natural |
| Vock Cyn Fire | 3,674 | Feb 20, 2002 | |
| Packrat Complex | 3,470 | Aug 15, 2002 | Natural |
| Mustang Fire | 3,341 | Feb 23, 2002 | Human |
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.