Grapevine Fire
The Grapevine Fire burned 18,300 acres in Graham County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on June 28, 2012, and contained on July 2, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 18,300 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2012
- Contained
- July 2, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 17,536 acres. Point of origin as reported, 32.564, -109.868.
The record
- Reported final size
- 18,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 17,536 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,352 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2012, 4:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 2, 2012, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Graham County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AZCNF-000063
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3256410986820120628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1507233
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
| Mistake Peak Fire | 5,220 | Aug 8, 2012 | Human |
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. 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.