Wildfires of 2013

Fourmile Fire

2013ArizonaWildfire

The Fourmile Fire burned 14,255 acres in Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on June 7, 2013, and contained on June 24, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
14,255 acres
Discovered
June 7, 2013
Contained
June 24, 2013
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 12,955 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.316, -109.796.

The record

Reported final size
14,255 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
12,955 acres
Discovered
June 7, 2013, 2:49 p.m. local time
Contained
June 24, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reporting unit
San Carlos Agency
Agency
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3328610958720130607
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-663440

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

FireAcresStartCause
Creek Fire18,076Jun 16, 2013Natural
Soldier Basin Fire10,775May 17, 2013Human
Yarnell Hill Fire8,877Jun 28, 2013Natural
Doce Fire6,767Jun 18, 2013Human
Beaver Fire5,803Jul 2, 2013Natural
Dean Peak Fire5,413Jun 29, 2013Natural
Island Lake Fire3,200May 19, 2013Human
Eastwood Mesa Fire2,600Aug 15, 2013Natural
Prospect Fire1,625Aug 2, 2013Natural
Skinner Fire1,463Jul 26, 2013Natural
White Fire1,433Jul 5, 2013Natural
Perkinsville Fire1,408Apr 30, 2013Human

Every fire of 2013 Arizona fire history

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Sources

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.