Castle Fire
The Castle Fire was reported on July 12, 2019 in Coconino County, Arizona and burned 19,368 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 19,368 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 12, 2019
- Personnel
- 3
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 36.531, -112.228.
The incident
- Size
- 19,368 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 12, 2019 at 2:36 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2019 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Oquer Canyon
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,900,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AZKNF-000499
- IRWIN identifier
- 65A19A3E-162E-42F6-92DF-872A21D7633F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fredonia, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fredonia, AZ33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Grand Canyon, AZ33 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Grand Canyon Village, AZ34 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Kanab, UT39 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Page, AZ50 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Centennial Park, AZ51 miles northwest 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 January 3, 2020 at 10:47 AM MST. Identifier 2019-AZKNF-000499.