Wildfires of 2013

Skinner Fire

2013Coconino County, ArizonaWildfire

The Skinner Fire burned 1,463 acres in Coconino County, Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on July 26, 2013, and contained on August 12, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,463 acres
Discovered
July 26, 2013
Contained
August 12, 2013
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,484 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.913, -112.014.

The record

Reported final size
1,463 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,484 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,463 acres
Discovered
July 26, 2013, 7:33 a.m. local time
Contained
August 12, 2013, 8:00 a.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
County
Coconino County
Land ownership at origin
Forest Service
Reporting unit
Kaibab National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
AZKNF
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2013-AZKNF-000071
MTBS fire identifier
AZ3591311201420130726
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FS-1516048
Perimeter map method
Other Agency Digital

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
Fourmile Fire14,255Jun 7, 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
White Fire1,433Jul 5, 2013Natural
Perkinsville Fire1,408Apr 30, 2013Human

Every fire of 2013 Arizona fire history

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.