Buena Fire
The Buena Fire burned 1,151 acres in Arizona, in 2007. It was discovered on June 17, 2007, and contained on June 20, 2007. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 1,151 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2007
- Contained
- June 20, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,327 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.740, -111.380.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,151 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,327 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2007, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 20, 2007, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3173711138020070617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2007AZBARDJE8
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 |
| Blue River Fire | 3,615 | May 27, 2007 | Human |
| Dutch Fire | 3,148 | Sep 5, 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.