Big Hollow Fire
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallow Fire | 538,049 | May 29, 2011 | Human |
| Horseshoe 2 Fire | 222,954 | May 8, 2011 | Human |
| Murphy Complex | 68,079 | May 30, 2011 | Human |
| Monument Fire | 30,526 | Jun 12, 2011 | Human |
| Hidden Fire | 17,188 | Jul 9, 2011 | Natural |
| Arlene Fire | 10,610 | May 23, 2011 | Human |
| New Water Fire | 9,795 | Aug 3, 2011 | Natural |
| Bull Fire | 9,711 | Apr 26, 2011 | Human |
| Stanley Fire | 8,832 | Jun 26, 2011 | Natural |
| Duke Fire | 8,500 | Mar 20, 2011 | Human |
| Pena Fire | 6,050 | Mar 11, 2011 | Human |
| Tanner Fire | 5,460 | Aug 20, 2011 | 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.