Upshaw Fire
The Upshaw Fire burned 2,000 acres in Arizona, in 2004. It was discovered on June 28, 2004, and contained on July 13, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2004
- Contained
- July 13, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,876 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.478, -110.287.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,876 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2004, 4:11 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 13, 2004, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- San Carlos Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3348011018320040628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-427860
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 |
| Low Mountain Fire | 1,759 | Jun 29, 2004 | Natural |
| Snake Fire | 1,740 | May 19, 2004 |
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.