Border Fire
The Border Fire burned 1,466 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, in 2003. It was discovered on April 13, 2003, and contained on April 13, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,466 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2003
- Contained
- April 13, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,366 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.335, -110.148.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,466 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,366 acres
- Discovered
- April 13, 2003, 10:30 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 13, 2003, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Gila District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3135011013020030413
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-114250
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire boundary is not clear or visible
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Fire | 82,440 | Jun 17, 2003 | Human |
| 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 |
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.