Alambre Fire
The Alambre Fire burned 5,900 acres in Pima County, Arizona, in 2007. It was discovered on July 7, 2007, and contained on July 24, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,900 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007
- Contained
- July 24, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,212 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.916, -111.591.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,900 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,212 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2007, 11:46 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2007, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Gila District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3189611160020070707
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-543249
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Gulch Fire | 21,105 | Jul 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Chitty Fire | 15,000 | Jun 30, 2007 | Natural |
| Radio Fire | 9,076 | Jul 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Wilkins Fire | 7,762 | Sep 12, 2007 | Natural |
| Frontera Fire | 7,041 | ||
| Slide Fire | 6,000 | Jul 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Roosevelt Wfu Fire | 5,240 | Jul 19, 2007 | Natural |
| Birdie Fire | 5,016 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Promontory Fire | 4,044 | May 13, 2007 | Human |
| Blue River Fire | 3,615 | May 27, 2007 | Human |
| Dutch Fire | 3,148 | Sep 5, 2007 | Natural |
| Squaw Fire | 2,800 | Jul 2, 2007 | 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.