Soldier Basin Fire
The Soldier Basin Fire burned 10,775 acres in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on May 17, 2013, and contained on May 28, 2013. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 10,775 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2013
- Contained
- May 28, 2013
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,044 acres. Point of origin as reported, 31.425, -110.755.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,775 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,044 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,773 acres
- Discovered
- May 17, 2013, 11:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 28, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Coronado National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- AZCNF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AZCNF-000020
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3143511076720130517
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1512315
- Perimeter map method
- GPS - Uncorrected Data
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.