Three Slashes Fire
The Three Slashes Fire burned 5,169 acres in Arizona, in 2011. It was discovered on August 29, 2011, and contained on October 4, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 5,169 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2011
- Contained
- October 4, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,584 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.271, -114.711.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,169 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,584 acres
- Discovered
- August 29, 2011, 2:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 4, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3327111471120110829
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2011AZCBRGDB9
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.