New Fire
The New Fire burned 1,200 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on August 14, 2004, and contained on August 16, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2004
- Contained
- August 16, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,287 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.985, -111.947.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,287 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 2004, 11:15 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 16, 2004, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Tonto National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3400111194120040814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-398404
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.