Rodeo Fire
The Rodeo Fire burned 259,159 acres in Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on June 18, 2002, and contained on June 18, 2002. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 259,159 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2002
- Contained
- June 18, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 461,451 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.108, -110.486.
The record
- Reported final size
- 259,159 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 461,451 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 460,563 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2002, 4:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 18, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Apache Agency
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZTNF
- Part of
- Rodeo/Chediski Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Chediski
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2002-AZBIA-000001
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3423311046320020618
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-408048
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized From Hardcopy Orthophoto quad
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Started on BIA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.