Black Mesa Fire
The Black Mesa Fire burned 1,750 acres in Arizona, in 2008. It was discovered on June 26, 2008, and contained on July 4, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,750 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2008
- Contained
- July 4, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,848 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.460, -110.405.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,750 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,848 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2008, 5:59 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 4, 2008, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- AZ3346011040520080626
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-580222
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 |
| Alamo Fire | 5,070 | Apr 18, 2008 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 3,940 | Jul 15, 2008 | |
| Meadow Fire | 3,876 | Feb 14, 2008 | Human |
| Eagle Fire | 3,852 | Apr 22, 2008 | Human |
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.