Wildfires of 2002

Dome Fire

2002ArizonaWildfire

The Dome Fire burned 1,000 acres in Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on July 13, 2002, and contained on July 15, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,000 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2002
Contained
July 15, 2002
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.553, -111.192.

The record

Reported final size
1,000 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
767 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2002, 12:40 p.m. local time
Contained
July 15, 2002, 2:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Tonto National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZTNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2002-AZTNF-000151
Fire occurrence record
FS-377994
Perimeter map method
Other Agency Digital

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

FireAcresStartCause
Rodeo Fire259,159Jun 18, 2002Human
Ryan Fire38,179Apr 29, 2002Human
Bullock Fire30,600May 20, 2002Human
Walker Fire16,369Jun 12, 2002Human
Little Fire8,800May 4, 2002Human
Darnell Fire5,942Jun 28, 2002Natural
Trick Fire5,550Aug 21, 2002Natural
City Hall Fire5,312May 14, 2002Human
Oak Tree Fire4,471Feb 21, 2002Human
Carrizo 1 Fire4,033Jun 28, 2002Natural
Vock Cyn Fire3,674Feb 20, 2002
Packrat Complex3,470Aug 15, 2002Natural

Every fire of 2002 Arizona fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.