Rocky Fire
The Rocky Fire burned 4,990 acres in Arizona, in 2011. It was discovered on July 18, 2011, and contained on October 5, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,990 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2011
- Contained
- October 5, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,511 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.731, -111.492.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,990 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,511 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,000 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2011, 6:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- October 5, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coconino National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCOF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-AZCOF-000110
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3472511155020110718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1502071
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
- Note on the perimeter
- Wildfire managed for benefits
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
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.