Packrat Complex
The Packrat Complex burned 3,470 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on August 15, 2002, and contained on September 19, 2002. MTBS dates its ignition to September 1, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,470 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002
- Contained
- September 19, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,157 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.429, -111.310.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,470 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,157 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,006 acres
- Discovered
- August 15, 2002, 6:48 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 1, 2002
- Contained
- September 19, 2002, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coconino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZTNF
- Part of
- Pack Rat Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-AZTNF-000164
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3443611128620020901
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2002_AZ-COF-164
- Perimeter map method
- Other Agency Digital
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Started on the Coconino National Forest
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 | |
| Mustang Fire | 3,341 | Feb 23, 2002 | Human |
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.