Darnell Fire
The Darnell Fire burned 5,942 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on June 28, 2002, and contained on July 16, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,942 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002
- Contained
- July 16, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,202 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.822, -109.139.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,942 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,202 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2002, 3:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2002, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3182410912620020628
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-379222
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 |
| Trick Fire | 5,550 | Aug 21, 2002 | Natural |
| City Hall Fire | 5,312 | May 14, 2002 | Human |
| 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.