Tinder Fire
The Tinder Fire was reported on April 27, 2018 in Coconino County, Arizona and burned 15,738 acres. It was declared out on September 6, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 15,738 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 27, 2018
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 34.557, -111.160.
The incident
- Size
- 15,738 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 27, 2018 at 11:43 AM MST
- Contained
- May 24, 2018 at 4:20 PM MST
- Controlled
- June 15, 2018 at 7:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- September 6, 2018 at 9:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 1 1/2 Miles NE of Blue Ridge Reservior
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-AZCOF-000285
- IRWIN identifier
- 5541E556-000A-4C9C-B90E-8E92591E8B06
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mesa del Caballo, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mesa del Caballo, AZ20 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Pine, AZ21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Star Valley, AZ22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, AZ22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Heber-Overgaard, AZ35 miles east 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 March 25, 2019 at 11:39 AM MST. Identifier 2018-AZCOF-000285.