Paddy Creek Fire
The Paddy Creek Fire was reported on May 19, 2016 in Apache County, Arizona and burned 1,864 acres. It was declared out on July 4, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,864 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2016
- Personnel
- 1
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 33.637, -109.613.
The incident
- Size
- 1,864 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 19, 2016 at 6:29 PM MST
- Contained
- June 3, 2016 at 6:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- June 30, 2016 at 6:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 4, 2016 at 6:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,920,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-AZFTA-000215
- IRWIN identifier
- 5E82356E-7B2A-4BD2-B924-90CD13647D57
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, AZ21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ26 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ32 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Eagar, AZ38 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Springerville, AZ39 miles northeast 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 February 11, 2020 at 11:22 AM MST. Identifier 2016-AZFTA-000215.