Loafer Broadcast Burn
The Loafer Broadcast Burn burned 1,500 acres in Arizona, in 2012. MTBS dates its ignition to November 12, 2012.
- Size
- 1,500 acres
- Ignition
- November 12, 2012
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,500 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 33.768, -109.701.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,500 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- November 12, 2012
- State
- Arizona
- Incident type
- Prescribed fire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3377710967620121112
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
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. 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.