Buckhorn Fire
The Buckhorn Fire was reported on August 22, 2019 in Cochise County, Arizona and burned 1,900 acres. It was declared out on September 21, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Contained
- 85%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2019
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 32.133, -110.407.
The incident
- Size
- 1,900 acres
- Containment
- 85%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2019 at 9:41 AM MST
- Contained
- September 2, 2019 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 21, 2019 at 12:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 21, 2019 at 12:30 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 13 MILES NORTH OF BENSON
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- BENSON
- Protecting agency
- SF
- Jurisdiction
- DVF
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $49,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AZA3S-001527
- IRWIN identifier
- 5938AEB0-F70B-4B54-8667-C11F181C19E0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mescal, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mescal, AZ10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Benson, AZ13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Vail, AZ19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Saint David, AZ19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Tanque Verde, AZ21 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Corona de Tucson, AZ25 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2019 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 September 21, 2019 at 12:42 PM MST. Identifier 2019-AZA3S-001527.