Lofer Fire
The Lofer Fire was reported on August 18, 2020 in Apache County, Arizona and burned 1,532 acres. It was declared out on November 16, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,532 acres
- Contained
- 70%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020
- Personnel
- 15
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM MST, 1,256 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.742, -109.709.
The incident
- Size
- 1,532 acres
- Containment
- 70%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2020 at 2:40 PM MST
- Contained
- October 9, 2020 at 2:20 PM MST
- Controlled
- October 28, 2020 at 3:53 PM MST
- Declared out
- November 16, 2020 at 9:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 15 Miles East of Whiteriver
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZFTA-000817
- IRWIN identifier
- 15E4D9B8-DF91-45CE-AE58-26962AEAF743
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Fork, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Fork, AZ13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ18 miles west of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ23 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ31 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ33 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 January 26, 2022 at 11:13 AM MST. Identifier 2020-AZFTA-000817.