Wildfires of 2004

Fox Fire

2004Gila County, ArizonaWildfire

The Fox Fire burned 1,020 acres in Gila County, Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on July 17, 2004, and contained on July 20, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,020 acres
Discovered
July 17, 2004
Contained
July 20, 2004
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.718, -111.295.

The record

Reported final size
1,020 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
801 acres
Discovered
July 17, 2004, 2:47 p.m. local time
Contained
July 20, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
County
Gila County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Tonto National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZTNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2004-AZTNF-000126
Fire occurrence record
FS-396684
Perimeter map method
Other Agency Digital

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

FireAcresStartCause
Willow Fire119,500Jun 24, 2004Natural
Nutall Complex (Nutall) Fire29,400Jun 26, 2004Natural
Jacket Fire17,219Jun 22, 2004Natural
Kp Fire16,625May 17, 2004Human
Three Forks Fire7,905Jun 8, 2004Human
Citrus Fire5,243Mar 30, 2004Human
High Gates Fire4,876May 23, 2004
Webber Fire4,311Mar 29, 2004Human
Blanco Fire3,997May 24, 2004
Camp 36 Wfu Fire3,052Aug 8, 2004Natural
Upshaw Fire2,000Jun 28, 2004Natural
Low Mountain Fire1,759Jun 29, 2004Natural

Every fire of 2004 Arizona fire history

Nearby

Sources

Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.