Doce Fire
The Doce Fire burned 6,767 acres in Yavapai County, Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on June 18, 2013, and contained on July 11, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 6,767 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2013
- Contained
- July 11, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,852 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.600, -112.599.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,767 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,852 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,767 acres
- Discovered
- June 18, 2013, 11:05 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 11, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Prescott National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZPNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AZPNF-000017
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3459511259620130618
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1518715
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Interpretation
- Note on the perimeter
- blank
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 |
| Beaver Fire | 5,803 | Jul 2, 2013 | Natural |
| Dean Peak Fire | 5,413 | Jun 29, 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.