Lion Fire
The Lion Fire was reported on May 9, 2016 in Apache County, Arizona and burned 3,119 acres. It was declared out on July 5, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,119 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 9, 2016
- Personnel
- 23
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 33.672, -109.718.
The incident
- Size
- 3,119 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 9, 2016 at 1:47 PM MST
- Contained
- July 4, 2016 at 1:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- July 4, 2016 at 2:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 23
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AZFTA-000160
- IRWIN identifier
- F42A9874-EE53-493E-B0C5-669EB630F2F8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Fork, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Fork, AZ15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ19 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ27 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ37 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 4, 2017 at 10:53 AM MST. Identifier 2016-AZFTA-000160.