Campini Fire
The Campini Fire burned 12,015 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on May 21, 2012, and contained on May 25, 2012. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 12,015 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2012
- Contained
- May 25, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,884 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.383, -110.450.
The record
- Reported final size
- 12,015 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,884 acres
- Discovered
- May 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3138311045020120521
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1503439
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 |
| 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 |
| Mistake Peak Fire | 5,220 | Aug 8, 2012 | Human |
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.