Whitetail Fire
The Whitetail Fire was reported on June 16, 2015 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 33,633 acres. It was declared out on July 30, 2015. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 33,633 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2015
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.574, -110.246.
The incident
- Size
- 33,633 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2015 at 3:14 PM MST
- Contained
- July 9, 2015 at 3:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- July 16, 2015 at 2:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 30, 2015 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- San Carlos
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,770,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2015-AZSCA-000556
- IRWIN identifier
- F6B1B7EE-64A0-4384-AD94-316E8E25A600
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Canyon Day, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 13, 2022 at 11:39 AM MST. Identifier 2015-AZSCA-000556.