White Fire
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
| 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 |
| Prospect Fire | 1,625 | Aug 2, 2013 | Natural |
| Skinner Fire | 1,463 | Jul 26, 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. 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.