Dean Peak Fire
The Dean Peak Fire burned 5,413 acres in Mohave County, Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on June 29, 2013, and contained on July 22, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 5,413 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2013
- Contained
- July 22, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,847 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.119, -113.862.
The record
- Reported final size
- 5,413 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,847 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,418 acres
- Discovered
- June 29, 2013, 3:37 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 22, 2013, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Mohave County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Colorado River District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZCRD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AZCRD-130580
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3511911386220130629
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-655530
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
- Note on the perimeter
- IR flight
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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creek Fire | 18,076 | Jun 16, 2013 | Natural |
| Fourmile Fire | 14,255 | Jun 7, 2013 | Natural |
| Soldier Basin Fire | 10,775 | May 17, 2013 | Human |
| Yarnell Hill Fire | 8,877 | Jun 28, 2013 | Natural |
| Doce Fire | 6,767 | Jun 18, 2013 | Human |
| Beaver Fire | 5,803 | Jul 2, 2013 | Natural |
| Island Lake Fire | 3,200 | May 19, 2013 | Human |
| Eastwood Mesa Fire | 2,600 | Aug 15, 2013 | Natural |
| Prospect Fire | 1,625 | Aug 2, 2013 | Natural |
| Skinner Fire | 1,463 | Jul 26, 2013 | Natural |
| White Fire | 1,433 | Jul 5, 2013 | Natural |
| Perkinsville Fire | 1,408 | Apr 30, 2013 | 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.