Mittry Fire
The Mittry Fire burned 1,313 acres in Yuma County, Arizona, in 2003. It was discovered on March 12, 2003, and contained on March 16, 2003. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 1,313 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2003
- Contained
- March 16, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,066 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.861, -114.449.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,313 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,066 acres
- Discovered
- March 12, 2003, 10:22 a.m. local time
- Contained
- March 16, 2003, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yuma County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Colorado River District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3286111444920030312
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-114213
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.