Wildfires of 2012

Unnamed Fire

2012Pinal County, ArizonaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 2,860 acres in Pinal County, Arizona, in 2012. It was discovered on June 10, 2012, and contained on June 21, 2012. The cause was recorded as human.

Size
2,860 acres
Discovered
June 10, 2012
Contained
June 21, 2012
Cause
Human

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,834 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.249, -111.086.

The record

Reported final size
2,860 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
2,834 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
2,858 acres
Discovered
June 10, 2012, 1:20 p.m. local time
Contained
June 21, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Undetermined
State
Arizona
County
Pinal County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Tonto National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZTNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2012-AZTNF-000074
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3324911108620120610
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FS-1508500
Perimeter map method
Other Agency Digital

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
Grapevine Fire18,300Jun 28, 2012Natural
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

Every fire of 2012 Arizona fire history

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.