Aspen Fire
The Aspen Fire burned 82,440 acres in Pima County, Arizona, in 2003. It was discovered on June 17, 2003, and contained on July 15, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 82,440 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2003
- Contained
- July 15, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 79,639 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.430, -110.772.
The record
- Reported final size
- 82,440 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 79,639 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 69,370 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2003, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 15, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3243311077720030617
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391207
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 200312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinishba Fire | 24,109 | Jul 13, 2003 | Natural |
| Picture Fire | 12,900 | Jun 17, 2003 | Human |
| Poplar Fire | 12,000 | Sep 4, 2003 | Natural |
| Thomas Fire | 10,644 | Jun 6, 2003 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 7,912 | Jun 23, 2003 | |
| Steeple Fire | 6,105 | Jul 12, 2003 | Natural |
| Lizard Fire | 5,270 | Jun 7, 2003 | Natural |
| Skeleton Fire | 4,300 | Jul 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Powell Fire | 3,611 | Jun 15, 2003 | Natural |
| Helens 2 Fire | 3,597 | Jun 17, 2003 | Natural |
| Rose Fire | 3,483 | ||
| Mosca Fire | 3,066 | Jan 8, 2003 |
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.