Wildfires of 2004

Nutall Complex (Nutall) Fire

2004Graham County, ArizonaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Willow Fire119,500Jun 24, 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
Snake Fire1,740May 19, 2004

Every fire of 2004 Arizona fire history

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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.