Playground Fire
The Playground Fire was reported on August 28, 2015 in Navajo County, Arizona and burned 4,960 acres. It was declared out on October 21, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,960 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2015
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.011, -110.076.
The incident
- Size
- 4,960 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2015 at 2:31 PM MST
- Controlled
- October 16, 2015 at 4:25 PM MST
- Declared out
- October 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Navajo County
- State
- Arizona
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AZFTA-000688
- IRWIN identifier
- C4F7AB14-ADE4-453F-9926-911E50616E75
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for North Fork, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- North Fork, AZ7 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ11 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Show Low, AZ17 miles north of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2015 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 11, 2020 at 11:21 AM MST. Identifier 2015-AZFTA-000688.