King Valley Fire
The King Valley Fire burned 26,000 acres in Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on October 1, 2005, and contained on October 6, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to January 1, 2005. The cause was recorded as firearms and explosives use.
- Size
- 26,000 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2005
- Contained
- October 6, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 33,013 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.179, -114.021.
The record
- Reported final size
- 26,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 33,013 acres
- Discovered
- October 1, 2005, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- January 1, 2005
- Contained
- October 6, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Firearms and explosives use
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Kofa National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3301211384020050101
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005AZKGRB7S5
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 |
| Goldwater Fire | 58,536 | Jun 16, 2005 | Human |
| 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 |
| 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.