Le Fevre Fire
The Le Fevre Fire burned 1,058 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on August 9, 2012, and contained on August 14, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,058 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012
- Contained
- August 14, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,057 acres, mapped by gps-flight. Point of origin as reported, 36.862, -112.329.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,058 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,057 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012, 1:43 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Strip Field Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZASD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AZASD-120742
- Fire occurrence record
- W-643236
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- Helicopter
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.