Bears Fire
The Bears Fire was reported on July 26, 2018 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 7,559 acres. It was declared out on October 9, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 7,559 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2018
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.965, -111.113.
The incident
- Size
- 7,559 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2018 at 1:50 PM MST
- Contained
- August 23, 2018 at 2:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 28, 2018 at 8:50 AM MST
- Declared out
- October 9, 2018 at 8:15 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 Miles South of Young Arizona
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $990,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-AZTNF-001470
- IRWIN identifier
- 557243FA-5B0B-4459-BDDE-04F82B0900F7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Young, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Young, AZ13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Tonto Basin, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Star Valley, AZ22 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, AZ22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ22 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pine, AZ35 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 October 15, 2018 at 11:22 AM MST. Identifier 2018-AZTNF-001470.