Tank Fire
The Tank Fire burned 2,546 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on July 21, 2012, and contained on August 8, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,546 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2012
- Contained
- August 8, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,571 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.623, -112.536.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,546 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,571 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,547 acres
- Discovered
- July 21, 2012, 1:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 8, 2012, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Coconino County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Kaibab National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZKNF
- Part of
- Westside Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-AZKNF-000045
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3662311255220120721
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1507054
- 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 |
| 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. 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.