Rattlesnake Fire
The Rattlesnake Fire was reported on April 11, 2018 in Apache County, Arizona and burned 26,072 acres. It was declared out on July 17, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 26,072 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2018
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.656, -109.506.
The incident
- Size
- 26,072 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 11, 2018 at 1:23 PM MST
- Contained
- May 27, 2018 at 3:30 PM MST
- Controlled
- July 6, 2018 at 10:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- July 17, 2018 at 6:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 43 miles southeast of Whiteriver and 20 miles southwest of Alpine, AZ
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-AZFTA-000138
- IRWIN identifier
- 6B5A376D-0DFF-4586-A4C7-9A0C60B75100
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Fork, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 October 15, 2018 at 3:27 PM MST. Identifier 2018-AZFTA-000138.