Citrus Fire
The Citrus Fire burned 5,243 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on March 30, 2004, and contained on April 2, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 5,243 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 2004
- Contained
- April 2, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,913 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.991, -112.814.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,243 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,913 acres
- Discovered
- March 30, 2004, 11:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 2, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Phoenix District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3301111281920040330
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-120958
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Fire | 119,500 | Jun 24, 2004 | Natural |
| Nutall Complex (Nutall) Fire | 29,400 | Jun 26, 2004 | Natural |
| Jacket Fire | 17,219 | Jun 22, 2004 | Natural |
| Kp Fire | 16,625 | May 17, 2004 | Human |
| Three Forks Fire | 7,905 | Jun 8, 2004 | Human |
| High Gates Fire | 4,876 | May 23, 2004 | |
| Webber Fire | 4,311 | Mar 29, 2004 | Human |
| Blanco Fire | 3,997 | May 24, 2004 | |
| Camp 36 Wfu Fire | 3,052 | Aug 8, 2004 | Natural |
| Upshaw Fire | 2,000 | Jun 28, 2004 | Natural |
| Low Mountain Fire | 1,759 | Jun 29, 2004 | Natural |
| Snake Fire | 1,740 | May 19, 2004 |
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.