Basin Fire
The Basin Fire was reported on May 10, 2020 in Mohave County, Arizona and burned 38,628 acres. It was declared out on May 30, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 38,628 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 10, 2020
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped May 15, 2020 at 5:00 AM MST, 38,628 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 36.522, -113.865.
The incident
- Size
- 38,628 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 10, 2020 at 1:42 PM MST
- Contained
- May 20, 2020 at 2:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- May 30, 2020 at 5:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- May 30, 2020 at 5:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 25 NM south Beaver Dam
- County
- Mohave County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,820,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZASD-000097
- IRWIN identifier
- 3BAB66F5-B2C8-4801-9590-EBE92E0D79C3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Scenic, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Scenic, AZ20 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mesquite, NV23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Bunkerville, NV23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Beaver Dam, AZ26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Moapa Valley, NV34 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Meadview, AZ38 miles south of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2020 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 November 18, 2020 at 2:05 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZASD-000097.