Blue River Fire
The Blue River Fire burned 3,615 acres in Arizona, in 2007. It was discovered on May 27, 2007, and contained on May 30, 2007. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 3,615 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2007
- Contained
- May 30, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,814 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.313, -110.440.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,615 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,814 acres
- Discovered
- May 27, 2007, 3:35 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 30, 2007, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- San Carlos Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3345411025820070527
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-541219
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 |
| Alambre Fire | 5,900 | Jul 7, 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 |
| 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.