Elk Horn Fire
The Elk Horn Fire burned 23,668 acres in Pima County, Arizona, in 2009. It was discovered on June 11, 2009, and contained on June 21, 2009. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 23,668 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 2009
- Contained
- June 21, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 22,731 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.852, -111.558.
The record
- Reported final size
- 23,668 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 22,731 acres
- Discovered
- June 11, 2009, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 21, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Pima County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Gila District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3176611155820090611
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-592074
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Canelo Fire | 4,208 | May 6, 2009 | 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.