Prospect Fire
The Prospect Fire burned 1,625 acres in Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on August 2, 2013, and contained on September 3, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to August 1, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,625 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2013
- Contained
- September 3, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,256 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.925, -113.150.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,625 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,256 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2013, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 1, 2013
- Contained
- September 3, 2013, 4:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Truxton Canyon Agency
- Agency
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3589811315620130801
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-663370
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 |
| Island Lake Fire | 3,200 | May 19, 2013 | Human |
| Eastwood Mesa Fire | 2,600 | Aug 15, 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
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.