Mustang Prescribed Fire
The Mustang Prescribed Fire burned 2,670 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, in 2010. It was discovered on August 8, 2010, and contained on September 14, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,670 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2010
- Contained
- September 14, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,622 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.685, -113.677.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,670 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,622 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,670 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2010, 12:54 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 14, 2010, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Cedar City Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZASD
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AZASD-000005
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3669911364820100808
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-610524
- Note on the perimeter
- Helicopter; legacy data from AZASD - additional attribute QA/QC required 20160412
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 201011
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schultz Fire | 15,075 | Jun 20, 2010 | Human |
| Turkey Fire | 9,005 | Nov 20, 2010 | Human |
| Rocky Fire | 3,827 | Jun 30, 2010 | Natural |
| Eagle Rock Fire | 3,474 | Jun 16, 2010 | Natural |
| Saffron Fire | 3,433 | Jun 25, 2010 | Natural |
| Horseshoe Fire | 3,401 | May 26, 2010 | Human |
| Ranger Complex (Bravo) Fire | 3,254 | Aug 21, 2010 | Natural |
| Ranger Complex | 2,200 | Jul 17, 2010 | Natural |
| Fraguita Fire | 1,914 | May 17, 2010 | Human |
| Weir Fire | 1,600 | Aug 16, 2010 | Natural |
| Tank Fire | 945 | Jul 24, 2010 | 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.