Unnamed Fire
The Unnamed Fire burned 800 acres in Gila County, Arizona, in 2005. It was discovered on August 19, 2005, and contained on August 23, 2005. MTBS dates its ignition to September 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 800 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2005
- Contained
- August 23, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,136 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.531, -110.954.
The record
- Reported final size
- 800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,136 acres
- Discovered
- August 19, 2005, 5:45 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- September 25, 2005
- Contained
- August 23, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Tonto National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Other fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3353211095720050925
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1421871
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.