Yellow Fire
The Yellow Fire burned 1,035 acres in Arizona, in 2002. It was discovered on February 28, 2002, and contained on March 2, 2002. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,035 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2002
- Contained
- March 2, 2002
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,077 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.700, -111.483.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,035 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,077 acres
- Discovered
- February 28, 2002, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 2, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3170711147720020228
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2002AZBAR2357
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
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.