Champion Fire
The Champion Fire was reported on August 30, 2019 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 1,986 acres. It was declared out on September 16, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,986 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2019
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 33.500, -110.622.
The incident
- Size
- 1,986 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2019 at 3:59 PM MST
- Contained
- September 6, 2019 at 3:16 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 16, 2019 at 3:50 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 16, 2019 at 3:50 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 11 miles NE of Globe, AZ
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- San Carlos
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $75,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-AZSCA-001481
- IRWIN identifier
- D4EE31F7-4AE4-452D-994D-2D6B9D757E8F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Globe, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Globe, AZ12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Six Shooter Canyon, AZ13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Claypool, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- San Carlos, AZ14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ16 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 16, 2019 at 3:52 PM MST. Identifier 2019-AZSCA-001481.