Elwood Fire
The Elwood Fire burned 1,600 acres in Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on May 11, 2012, and contained on May 31, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,600 acres
- Discovered
- May 11, 2012
- Contained
- May 31, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,466 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.544, -109.885.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,466 acres
- Discovered
- May 11, 2012, 1:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 31, 2012, 6:00 p.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
- AZ3354410988520120511
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-636461
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
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.