Ethan Fire
The Ethan Fire burned 6,660 acres in Arizona, in 2008. It was discovered on June 25, 2008, and contained on July 1, 2008. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,660 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2008
- Contained
- July 1, 2008
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,541 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.348, -112.280.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,660 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,541 acres
- Discovered
- June 25, 2008, 4:39 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 1, 2008, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Pima Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3333111224920080625
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-578987
- Note on the perimeter
- Woody Wetland
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 | |
| 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 |
| Frye Mesa Fire | 3,094 | May 20, 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.