Tank Fire
The Tank Fire burned 945 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2010. It was discovered on July 24, 2010, and contained on October 4, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 945 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2010
- Contained
- October 4, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,553 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.845, -111.844.
The record
- Reported final size
- 945 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,553 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 931 acres
- Discovered
- July 24, 2010, 5:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 4, 2010, 11:22 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kaibab National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZKNF
- Part of
- Wash Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-AZKNF-000056
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3586611185720100724
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1490109
- 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
| 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 |
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.