Mud Springs Fire
The Mud Springs Fire burned 1,180 acres in Arizona, in 2009. It was discovered on July 26, 2009, and contained on August 28, 2009. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,180 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2009
- Contained
- August 28, 2009
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,246 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.599, -109.997.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,180 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,246 acres
- Discovered
- July 26, 2009, 3:36 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2009, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Fort Apache Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3359910999720090726
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-597034
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.