Bolt Fire
The Bolt Fire was reported on August 28, 2020 in Maricopa County, Arizona and burned 1,420 acres. It was declared out on September 23, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,420 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2020
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped August 29, 2020 at 12:57 AM MST, 5 acres (auto-generated). Point of origin 33.956, -111.836.
The incident
- Size
- 1,420 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 28, 2020 at 6:57 PM MST
- Contained
- September 4, 2020 at 3:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 15, 2020 at 10:45 AM MST
- Declared out
- September 23, 2020 at 9:35 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 7 Miles North of Cave Creek AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZTNF-002658
- IRWIN identifier
- EB82B304-FA03-439F-BBDB-F30AB981C6C9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carefree, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carefree, AZ10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cave Creek, AZ11 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- New River, AZ17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rio Verde, AZ19 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Anthem, AZ19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Black Canyon City, AZ20 miles northwest 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 October 26, 2020 at 4:08 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZTNF-002658.