Kinishba Fire
The Kinishba Fire burned 24,109 acres in Arizona, in 2003. It was discovered on July 13, 2003, and contained on August 10, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 24,109 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2003
- Contained
- August 10, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 26,189 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.850, -110.064.
The record
- Reported final size
- 24,109 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 26,189 acres
- Discovered
- July 13, 2003, 12:31 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 10, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Apache Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3389611003320030713
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-408485
- Note on the perimeter
- Mapped in Path 36 Row 36
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 |
| 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
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.