Skunk Fire
The Skunk Fire burned 3,500 acres in Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on May 22, 2005, and contained on May 29, 2005. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 3,500 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2005
- Contained
- May 29, 2005
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,026 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.180, -110.894.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,026 acres
- Discovered
- May 22, 2005, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 29, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Arizona
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3323511092120050522
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2005AZAZS-AZ-050294
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
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.