Kinlichee 2 Fire
The Kinlichee 2 Fire burned 1,655 acres in Arizona, in 2006. It was discovered on June 6, 2006, and contained on June 8, 2006. The cause was recorded as misuse of fire by a minor.
- Size
- 1,655 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2006
- Contained
- June 8, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,738 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.717, -109.400.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,655 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,738 acres
- Discovered
- June 6, 2006, 12:01 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 8, 2006, 6:42 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Misuse of fire by a minor
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Navajo Region Fire and Aviation Management
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3570510940520060606
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-535574
- Note on the perimeter
- Ran as an Initial Assessment. Used the only images available for this area.
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 |
| Cibola Fire | 4,600 | Jul 16, 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 |
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.