Saddle Fire
The Saddle Fire burned 1,200 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2006. It was discovered on February 11, 2006, and contained on February 13, 2006. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,200 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2006
- Contained
- February 13, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,169 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.014, -112.876.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,169 acres
- Discovered
- February 11, 2006, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 13, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Phoenix District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3300811286820060211
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-517381
- Note on the perimeter
- Low confidence may have burned into earlier fire
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.