Wildfires of 2005

Growler Peak Fire

2005ArizonaWildfire

The Growler Peak Fire burned 7,500 acres in Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on May 13, 2005, and contained on May 18, 2005.

Size
7,500 acres
Discovered
May 13, 2005
Contained
May 18, 2005
Cause
Undetermined

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 28,189 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.389, -113.286.

The record

Reported final size
7,500 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
28,189 acres
Discovered
May 13, 2005, 12:30 p.m. local time
Contained
May 18, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Undetermined
State
Arizona
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3248111318920050513
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005AZCPRBRS5

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

FireAcresStartCause
Cave Creek Complex248,310Jun 21, 2005Natural
Edge Complex72,000Jul 16, 2005Natural
Goldwater Fire58,536Jun 16, 2005Human
Cow Fire44,707Jul 21, 2005Natural
Tweedy Point Fire35,639Jun 28, 2005Natural
Sh Ranch Complex32,126Jul 17, 2005Natural
Mt Bangs Complex28,177Jun 24, 2005Natural
King Valley Fire26,000Oct 1, 2005Human
Florida Fire23,183Jul 7, 2005Natural
Perkins Complex22,477Jun 22, 2005Natural
Tank Complex20,551Jul 19, 2005Human
Sand Tank Complex (Sand Tank) Fire17,131Jun 29, 2005Human

Every fire of 2005 Arizona fire history

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.