Medusa Fire
The Medusa Fire burned 1,650 acres in Arizona, in 2006. It was discovered on June 28, 2006, and contained on July 5, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,650 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2006
- Contained
- July 5, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,450 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.465, -112.924.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,650 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,450 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2006, 12:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 5, 2006, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- State or local agency
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3445811293520060628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2006AZAZS-AZ-061052
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.