Cat Fire
The Cat Fire was reported on August 6, 2018 in Coconino County, Arizona and burned 4,497 acres. It was declared out on December 10, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,497 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2018
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.365, -112.033.
The incident
- Size
- 4,497 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2018 at 12:54 PM MST
- Contained
- November 12, 2018 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- November 23, 2018 at 4:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 10, 2018 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Saddle Mountain Wilderness
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Jacob Lake
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $634,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-AZKNF-000885
- IRWIN identifier
- 9F800B9F-EC83-46BE-B7C0-9BBC7BE5B57F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Grand Canyon, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Grand Canyon, AZ22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Grand Canyon Village, AZ23 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Tuba City, AZ47 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fredonia, AZ49 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Page, AZ50 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kanab, UT55 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 February 11, 2020 at 1:16 PM MST. Identifier 2018-AZKNF-000885.