Klaus Fire
The Klaus Fire was reported on August 10, 2020 in Cochise County, Arizona and burned 4,864 acres. It was declared out on October 29, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,864 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2020
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeter mapped October 15, 2020 at 4:37 AM MST, 4,864 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 31.755, -109.138.
The incident
- Size
- 4,864 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 10, 2020 at 1:46 PM MST
- Contained
- August 19, 2020 at 5:30 PM MST
- Controlled
- August 24, 2020 at 3:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- October 29, 2020 at 11:15 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- SOUTH OF HORSE SHOE CANYON AND EAST OF JACK WOOD CANYON
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- PORTAL
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $377,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZCNF-000742
- IRWIN identifier
- A0D9F6DF-191F-4D17-A8E8-567282E354DE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Douglas, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Douglas, AZ37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Pirtleville, AZ37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lordsburg, NM48 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Bisbee, AZ51 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Willcox, AZ53 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Tombstone, AZ55 miles west of the fire’s origin
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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 4, 2020 at 11:14 AM MST. Identifier 2020-AZCNF-000742.