Lamphere Fire
The Lamphere Fire burned 1,257 acres in Greenlee County, Arizona, in 2007. It was discovered on June 29, 2007, and contained on August 6, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,257 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2007
- Contained
- August 6, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,230 acres, mapped by gps - uncorrected data. Point of origin as reported, 33.564, -109.086.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,257 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,230 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2007, 4:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 6, 2007, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Greenlee County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZASF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-AZASF-000082
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1450659
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.