Twin Mills Fire
The Twin Mills Fire burned 11,927 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on July 22, 2005, and contained on July 27, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,927 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005
- Contained
- July 27, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,251 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.349, -114.343.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,927 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 12,251 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 15,567 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2005, 6:21 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Phoenix District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZCRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-AZCRD-050928
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3540211440120050722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-502884
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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.