Alamo Fire
The Alamo Fire burned 5,070 acres in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, in 2008. It was discovered on April 18, 2008, and contained on April 28, 2008. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 5,070 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008
- Contained
- April 28, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,843 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.365, -111.124.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,070 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,843 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,993 acres
- Discovered
- April 18, 2008, 8:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- April 28, 2008, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3137111113020080418
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1459551
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 200812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marteen Wfu Fire | 10,789 | Aug 7, 2008 | Natural |
| Lane 2 Fire | 9,629 | Jun 28, 2008 | Human |
| Jack Wood Wfu Fire | 8,609 | Jun 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Hot Air Fire | 8,300 | Jun 22, 2008 | Natural |
| White Tank Fire | 8,135 | Jun 23, 2008 | Natural |
| Distillery Fire | 7,950 | Jun 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,855 | May 21, 2008 | |
| Ethan Fire | 6,660 | Jun 25, 2008 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,940 | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| Meadow Fire | 3,876 | Feb 14, 2008 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 3,852 | Apr 22, 2008 | Human |
| Frye Mesa Fire | 3,094 | May 20, 2008 | Human |
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.