La Sierra Fire
The La Sierra Fire was reported on May 16, 2016 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and burned 5,000 acres. It was declared out on June 20, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 6
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 31.350, -111.110.
The incident
- Size
- 5,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 16, 2016 at 8:20 AM MST
- Contained
- May 27, 2016 at 4:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- June 20, 2016 at 1:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- June 20, 2016 at 1:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,037,700
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AZCNF-000547
- IRWIN identifier
- F943A560-B170-4AE6-ACE3-34362849F5E7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nogales, AZ covers the area today.
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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 January 29, 2021 at 11:03 AM MST. Identifier 2016-AZCNF-000547.