Mule Ridge Fire
The Mule Ridge Fire was reported on May 31, 2016 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and burned 8,522 acres. It was declared out on June 20, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,522 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2016
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 31.431, -111.218.
The incident
- Size
- 8,522 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 31, 2016 at 5:54 PM MST
- Contained
- June 10, 2016 at 6:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- June 20, 2016 at 1:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- June 20, 2016 at 1:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Wildfire in USFS
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,370,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AZCNF-000657
- IRWIN identifier
- C0B9782B-C214-4D8D-9D66-673F9953C24B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Arivaca, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Arivaca, AZ12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Rio Rico, AZ15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Tubac, AZ16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Nogales, AZ18 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Arivaca Junction, AZ22 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Green Valley, AZ32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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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 June 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM MST. Identifier 2016-AZCNF-000657.