Wildfires of 2008

Lane 2 Fire

2008Yavapai County, ArizonaWildfire

The Lane 2 Fire burned 9,629 acres in Yavapai County, Arizona, in 2008. It was discovered on June 28, 2008, and contained on July 20, 2008. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
9,629 acres
Discovered
June 28, 2008
Contained
July 20, 2008
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 9,618 acres, mapped by digitized other. Point of origin as reported, 34.174, -112.340.

The record

Reported final size
9,629 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
9,618 acres
Discovered
June 28, 2008, 8:12 p.m. local time
Contained
July 20, 2008, 4:52 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Arizona
County
Yavapai County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Prescott National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZPNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2008-AZPNF-000036
Fire occurrence record
FS-1472289
Perimeter map method
Digitized Other

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

FireAcresStartCause
Marteen Wfu Fire10,789Aug 7, 2008Natural
Jack Wood Wfu Fire8,609Jun 23, 2008Natural
Hot Air Fire8,300Jun 22, 2008Natural
White Tank Fire8,135Jun 23, 2008Natural
Distillery Fire7,950Jun 21, 2008Natural
Unnamed Fire6,855May 21, 2008
Ethan Fire6,660Jun 25, 2008Natural
Alamo Fire5,070Apr 18, 2008Human
Unnamed Fire3,940Jul 15, 2008
Meadow Fire3,876Feb 14, 2008Human
Eagle Fire3,852Apr 22, 2008Human
Frye Mesa Fire3,094May 20, 2008Human

Every fire of 2008 Arizona fire history

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.