Long Jim Prescribed Fire
The Long Jim Prescribed Fire burned 235 acres in Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on May 5, 2004, and contained on May 11, 2004. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 235 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004
- Contained
- May 11, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,031 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.038, -112.100.
The record
- Reported final size
- 235 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,031 acres
- Discovered
- May 5, 2004, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 11, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3603811210020040505
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-251712
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 |
| Citrus Fire | 5,243 | Mar 30, 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 |
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.