Wildfires of 2013

White Fire

2013ArizonaWildfire

The White Fire burned 1,433 acres in Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on July 5, 2013, and contained on July 10, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,433 acres
Discovered
July 5, 2013
Contained
July 10, 2013
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,415 acres, mapped by autonomous gps. Point of origin as reported, 35.568, -111.438.

The record

Reported final size
1,433 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
1,415 acres
Discovered
July 5, 2013, 5:05 p.m. local time
Contained
July 10, 2013, 12:30 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Arizona
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Wupatki National Monument
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
AZWUP
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2013-AZWUP-000696
Fire occurrence record
W-657464
Perimeter map method
Autonomous GPS
Note on the perimeter
From WFMI

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
Skinner Fire1,463Jul 26, 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. 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.