Cibola Fire
The Cibola Fire burned 4,600 acres in Arizona, in 2006. It was discovered on July 16, 2006, and contained on July 23, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to July 17, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,600 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2006
- Contained
- July 23, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,709 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.322, -114.705.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,709 acres
- Discovered
- July 16, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 17, 2006
- Contained
- July 23, 2006, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3332311470520060717
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2006AZCBRCY55
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 200612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Fire | 58,630 | Jun 8, 2006 | Natural |
| Warm Wfu Fire | 19,515 | ||
| Black Mountain Complex | 12,638 | Jun 8, 2006 | Natural |
| Potato Fire | 6,262 | Jun 6, 2006 | Natural |
| Cottonwood 3 Fire | 5,923 | Jul 25, 2006 | Natural |
| Gran Fire | 5,245 | Jul 21, 2006 | Natural |
| Tiger Fire | 5,143 | Jun 29, 2006 | Natural |
| Secret Fire | 4,541 | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| Brins Fire | 4,317 | Jun 18, 2006 | Human |
| February Fire | 4,243 | Feb 6, 2006 | Human |
| Montezuma 1 Fire | 4,191 | Feb 27, 2006 | Human |
| Jacob Fire | 3,339 | Jun 30, 2006 | 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.