Promontory Fire
The Promontory Fire burned 4,044 acres in Gila County, Arizona, in 2007. It was discovered on May 13, 2007, and contained on July 16, 2007. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 4,044 acres
- Discovered
- May 13, 2007
- Contained
- July 16, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,245 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.360, -111.011.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,044 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,245 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,045 acres
- Discovered
- May 13, 2007, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 16, 2007, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Gila County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Tonto National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZTNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-AZTNF-000041
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3435111101420070513
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1448715
- Perimeter map method
- Other Agency Digital
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| 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
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. 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.