Arlington Fire
The Arlington Fire burned 1,000 acres in Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on March 6, 2012, and contained on March 7, 2012. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2012
- Contained
- March 7, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 33.279, -112.781.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,000 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 975 acres
- Discovered
- March 6, 2012, 1:53 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 7, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Maricopa County
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZPHD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AZPHD-120137
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2012AZAZS-AZ-120137
- Note on the perimeter
- 120137 BLM Acres: 155
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobble Complex | 34,200 | Jul 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Black Canyon Fire | 18,392 | Jun 27, 2012 | Human |
| Grapevine Fire | 18,300 | Jun 28, 2012 | Natural |
| Sunflower Fire | 17,618 | May 12, 2012 | Human |
| Gladiator Fire | 16,240 | May 13, 2012 | Human |
| Campini Fire | 12,015 | May 21, 2012 | Human |
| Poco Fire | 11,936 | Jun 14, 2012 | Human |
| Canyon Fire | 8,716 | Jun 29, 2012 | Natural |
| Fox Fire | 7,474 | Jun 16, 2012 | Natural |
| Shorten Fire | 7,092 | Sep 25, 2012 | Natural |
| School Canyon Fire | 7,049 | May 8, 2012 | Human |
| Squaw Creek Fire | 5,305 | Jul 11, 2012 | 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. 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.