Yarnell Hill Fire
The Yarnell Hill Fire burned 8,877 acres in Yavapai County, Arizona, in 2013. It was discovered on June 28, 2013, and contained on July 10, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,877 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2013
- Contained
- July 10, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,946 acres. Point of origin as reported, 34.228, -112.791.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,877 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,946 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,954 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2013, 5:36 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 10, 2013, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Arizona
- County
- Yavapai County
- Reporting unit
- Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- AZPHD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-AZPHD-000688
- MTBS fire identifier
- AZ3422811279120130628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- SFO-2013AZAZS130688
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 |
| 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.