School Canyon Fire
The School Canyon Fire burned 7,049 acres in Cochise County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on May 8, 2012, and contained on May 11, 2012. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 7,049 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2012
- Contained
- May 11, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,369 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.370, -110.412.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,049 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,369 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,050 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 2012, 9:21 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 11, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Cochise 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-000035
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3133311041620120508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1506814
- 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 |
| 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 |
| 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.