Canelo Fire
The Canelo Fire burned 4,208 acres in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, in 2009. It was discovered on May 6, 2009, and contained on May 9, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 4,208 acres
- Discovered
- May 6, 2009
- Contained
- May 9, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,012 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.558, -110.513.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,208 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,012 acres
- Discovered
- May 6, 2009, 12:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 9, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- 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
- AZ3156911049320090506
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1478028
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 200912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Horn Fire | 23,668 | Jun 11, 2009 | Human |
| Bear Canyon Fire | 20,029 | Jul 14, 2009 | Natural |
| Hog Fire | 16,802 | Mar 1, 2009 | Human |
| Wildhorse Complex | 13,790 | Jul 21, 2009 | Natural |
| San Juan Fire | 9,200 | Jul 14, 2009 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 8,864 | Apr 14, 2009 | |
| Cross Fire | 7,718 | Jul 1, 2009 | Natural |
| Chevlon Complex (Weimer) Fire | 6,399 | Jul 27, 2009 | Natural |
| Reno Fire | 6,322 | Sep 7, 2009 | Natural |
| Melendrez Pass Fire | 5,791 | May 29, 2009 | Natural |
| Guthrie Fire | 4,852 | Jul 11, 2009 | Natural |
| Aspen Fire | 4,276 | Jul 29, 2009 | Natural |
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.