Griffin Fire
The Griffin Fire was reported on August 17, 2020 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 61,821 acres. It was declared out on September 30, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 61,821 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020
- Personnel
- 6
Map
Perimeter mapped August 27, 2020 at 3:00 AM MST, 61,821 acres (digitized-other). Point of origin 33.582, -110.701.
The incident
- Size
- 61,821 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020 at 6:11 PM MST
- Contained
- September 6, 2020 at 1:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 30, 2020 at 6:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 16 miles NNE of Globe AZ
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,750,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZTNF-002510
- IRWIN identifier
- 7FFA8FCA-1A10-42A6-AB5C-C4CF78119F7D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Globe, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Globe, AZ14 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Claypool, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Six Shooter Canyon, AZ15 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- San Carlos, AZ22 miles southeast 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 12:55 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZTNF-002510.