Wildfires of 2012

Grapevine Fire

2012Graham County, ArizonaWildfire

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

FireAcresStartCause
Hobble Complex34,200Jul 12, 2012Natural
Black Canyon Fire18,392Jun 27, 2012Human
Sunflower Fire17,618May 12, 2012Human
Gladiator Fire16,240May 13, 2012Human
Campini Fire12,015May 21, 2012Human
Poco Fire11,936Jun 14, 2012Human
Canyon Fire8,716Jun 29, 2012Natural
Fox Fire7,474Jun 16, 2012Natural
Shorten Fire7,092Sep 25, 2012Natural
School Canyon Fire7,049May 8, 2012Human
Squaw Creek Fire5,305Jul 11, 2012Natural
Mistake Peak Fire5,220Aug 8, 2012Human

Every fire of 2012 Arizona fire history

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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.