Ryan Fire
The Ryan Fire burned 38,179 acres in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on April 29, 2002, and contained on May 2, 2002. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 38,179 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2002
- Contained
- May 2, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 36,898 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.485, -110.602.
The record
- Reported final size
- 38,179 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 36,898 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 38,155 acres
- Discovered
- April 29, 2002, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 2, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3157711050520020429
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-382483
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 |
| 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.