Wildfires of 2011

Big Hollow Fire

2011Apache County, ArizonaWildfire

The Big Hollow Fire burned 4,922 acres in Apache County, Arizona, in 2011. It was discovered on February 23, 2011, and contained on February 23, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
4,922 acres
Discovered
February 23, 2011
Contained
February 23, 2011
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,766 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.249, -109.525.

The record

Reported final size
4,922 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
5,766 acres
Discovered
February 23, 2011, 12:37 p.m. local time
Contained
February 23, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Arizona
County
Apache County
Reporting unit
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3422510948120110223
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
SFO-2011AZAZS-AZ-110119

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 201112

FireAcresStartCause
Wallow Fire538,049May 29, 2011Human
Horseshoe 2 Fire222,954May 8, 2011Human
Murphy Complex68,079May 30, 2011Human
Monument Fire30,526Jun 12, 2011Human
Hidden Fire17,188Jul 9, 2011Natural
Arlene Fire10,610May 23, 2011Human
New Water Fire9,795Aug 3, 2011Natural
Bull Fire9,711Apr 26, 2011Human
Stanley Fire8,832Jun 26, 2011Natural
Duke Fire8,500Mar 20, 2011Human
Pena Fire6,050Mar 11, 2011Human
Tanner Fire5,460Aug 20, 2011Natural

Every fire of 2011 Arizona fire history

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.