Independence Fire
The Independence Fire burned 1,370 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2009. It was discovered on July 4, 2009, and contained on July 27, 2009. MTBS dates its ignition to July 5, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,370 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2009
- Contained
- July 27, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,455 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.499, -111.355.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,370 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,455 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,371 acres
- Discovered
- July 4, 2009, 8:50 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 5, 2009
- Contained
- July 27, 2009, 12:40 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coconino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-AZCOF-000091
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3449511134920090705
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1481597
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Resource Benefit Fire
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
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. 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.