Merritt Fire
The Merritt Fire burned 2,653 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on April 19, 2002, and contained on April 20, 2002. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,653 acres
- Discovered
- April 19, 2002
- Contained
- April 20, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,871 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.433, -110.437.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,653 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,871 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,668 acres
- Discovered
- April 19, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 20, 2002, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3144911042220020419
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-381164
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 |
| 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 |
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. 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.