Nutall Complex (Nutall) Fire
The Nutall Complex (Nutall) Fire burned 29,400 acres in Graham County, Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on June 26, 2004, and contained on August 3, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 29,400 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2004
- Contained
- August 3, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,862 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.739, -109.991.
The record
- Reported final size
- 29,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 31,862 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 29,393 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2004, 6:17 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 3, 2004, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Part of
- Nuttall Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3271210988120040626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-402655
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
| Snake Fire | 1,740 | May 19, 2004 |
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. 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.