Benchmark Fire
The Benchmark Fire was reported on July 18, 2016 in Yavapai County, Arizona and burned 1,444 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,444 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2016
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.070, -111.963.
The incident
- Size
- 1,444 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 18, 2016 at 9:33 PM MST
- Contained
- July 28, 2016 at 10:30 AM MST
- Declared out
- August 3, 2016 at 2:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- 15 Miles East of Black Canyon City
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $10,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AZTNF-001002
- IRWIN identifier
- BB5430B1-A917-42BD-AA91-5448194E9670
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Black Canyon City, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Black Canyon City, AZ11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- New River, AZ15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cave Creek, AZ16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Carefree, AZ17 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Anthem, AZ18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cordes Lakes, AZ18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 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 January 18, 2020 at 12:56 PM MST. Identifier 2016-AZTNF-001002.