Wildfires of 2003

Largo Fire

2003Greenlee County, ArizonaWildfire

The Largo Fire burned 1,851 acres in Greenlee County, Arizona, in 2003. It was discovered on July 13, 2003, and contained on July 30, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,851 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2003
Contained
July 30, 2003
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.568, -109.780.

The record

Reported final size
1,851 acres
Discovered
July 13, 2003, 2:40 p.m. local time
Contained
July 30, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
County
Greenlee County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Part of
Blue River Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
FS-391052

Other large fires in Arizona in 200312

FireAcresStartCause
Aspen Fire82,440Jun 17, 2003Human
Kinishba Fire24,109Jul 13, 2003Natural
Picture Fire12,900Jun 17, 2003Human
Poplar Fire12,000Sep 4, 2003Natural
Thomas Fire10,644Jun 6, 2003Natural
Unnamed Fire7,912Jun 23, 2003
Steeple Fire6,105Jul 12, 2003Natural
Lizard Fire5,270Jun 7, 2003Natural
Skeleton Fire4,300Jul 15, 2003Natural
Powell Fire3,611Jun 15, 2003Natural
Helens 2 Fire3,597Jun 17, 2003Natural
Rose Fire3,483

Every fire of 2003 Arizona fire history

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Sources

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.