Bush Fire
The Bush Fire was reported on June 13, 2020 in Maricopa County, Arizona and burned 193,455 acres. It was declared out on August 16, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 193,455 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 13, 2020
- Personnel
- 68
Map
Perimeter mapped June 25, 2020 at 3:52 PM MST, 193,604 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.626, -111.562.
The incident
- Size
- 193,455 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 13, 2020 at 1:45 PM MST
- Controlled
- July 31, 2020 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- August 16, 2020 at 1:50 PM MST
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause, Motor Vehicle
- Location
- 38 miles northeast of Mesa on Hwy 87
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 68
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,642,634
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZTNF-001581
- IRWIN identifier
- 1361B1B5-8E75-4BA9-BBC2-556089CEAC1C
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Fountain Hills, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Fountain Hills, AZ9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Rio Verde, AZ9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Apache Junction, AZ15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Gold Canyon, AZ19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Mesa, AZ21 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tonto Basin, AZ21 miles northeast 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 August 17, 2020 at 12:57 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZTNF-001581.