North-Skinner Wfu Fire
The North-Skinner Wfu Fire burned 1,315 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on June 27, 2005, and contained on September 5, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to June 26, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,315 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2005
- Contained
- September 5, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,523 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.904, -111.968.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,315 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,523 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,346 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2005, 1:36 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 26, 2005
- Contained
- September 5, 2005, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kaibab National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZKNF
- Part of
- North-Skinner Wfu Complex
- Incident type
- Wildland fire use
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-AZKNF-000037
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3590411195920050626
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1428173
- 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 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 |
| 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 |
Nearby
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.