Triplets Fire
The Triplets Fire burned 1,937 acres in Arizona, in 2011. It was discovered on July 6, 2011, and contained on July 20, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,937 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2011
- Contained
- July 20, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,749 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.383, -110.344.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,937 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,749 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2011, 8:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 2011, 10:38 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- San Carlos Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3338311046320110706
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-623399
- Note on the perimeter
- No better cloud free image available.
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.