Wildfires of 2010

Fraguita Fire

2010Pima County, ArizonaWildfire

The Fraguita Fire burned 1,914 acres in Pima County, Arizona, in 2010. It was discovered on May 17, 2010, and contained on May 20, 2010. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.

Size
1,914 acres
Discovered
May 17, 2010
Contained
May 20, 2010
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,070 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.526, -111.340.

The record

Reported final size
1,914 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,070 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
984 acres
Discovered
May 17, 2010, 1:00 a.m. local time
Contained
May 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Recreation and ceremony
State
Arizona
County
Pima County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Coronado National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZCNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2010-AZCNF-000013
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3151011133320100517
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FS-1486773
Perimeter map method
GPS - Uncorrected Data

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 201010

FireAcresStartCause
Schultz Fire15,075Jun 20, 2010Human
Turkey Fire9,005Nov 20, 2010Human
Rocky Fire3,827Jun 30, 2010Natural
Eagle Rock Fire3,474Jun 16, 2010Natural
Saffron Fire3,433Jun 25, 2010Natural
Horseshoe Fire3,401May 26, 2010Human
Ranger Complex (Bravo) Fire3,254Aug 21, 2010Natural
Ranger Complex2,200Jul 17, 2010Natural
Weir Fire1,600Aug 16, 2010Natural
Tank Fire945Jul 24, 2010Natural

Every fire of 2010 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. 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.