Island Lake Fire
The Island Lake Fire burned 3,200 acres in Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on May 19, 2013, and contained on June 4, 2013. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2013
- Contained
- June 4, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,017 acres. Point of origin as reported, 33.027, -114.594.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,017 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,109 acres
- Discovered
- May 19, 2013, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 4, 2013, 1:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- AZIMR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AZIMR-HG64
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3302711459320130519
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013AZIMRHG64
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire Reported by Benjamin Stewart, initial attack action was taken to suppress fire. Fire Investigator was called to determin cause. Cause still under investigation. Fire was contained, controlled, and out. No further action taken. Further infor
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 |
| Dean Peak Fire | 5,413 | Jun 29, 2013 | Natural |
| 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.