Goldwater Fire
The Goldwater Fire burned 58,536 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on June 16, 2005, and contained on June 25, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to June 17, 2005. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 58,536 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2005
- Contained
- June 25, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 56,707 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.613, -112.866.
The record
- Reported final size
- 58,536 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 56,707 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2005, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 17, 2005
- Contained
- June 25, 2005, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Other Federal
- Reporting unit
- Phoenix District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3266111295120050617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-502185
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Creek Complex | 248,310 | Jun 21, 2005 | Natural |
| Edge Complex | 72,000 | Jul 16, 2005 | Natural |
| Cow Fire | 44,707 | Jul 21, 2005 | Natural |
| Tweedy Point Fire | 35,639 | Jun 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Sh Ranch Complex | 32,126 | Jul 17, 2005 | Natural |
| Mt Bangs Complex | 28,177 | Jun 24, 2005 | Natural |
| King Valley Fire | 26,000 | Oct 1, 2005 | Human |
| Florida Fire | 23,183 | Jul 7, 2005 | Natural |
| Perkins Complex | 22,477 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Tank Complex | 20,551 | Jul 19, 2005 | Human |
| Sand Tank Complex (Sand Tank) Fire | 17,131 | Jun 29, 2005 | Human |
| Three Fire Complex (Three) Fire | 16,100 | Jun 21, 2005 | 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.