Medicine Fire
The Medicine Fire was reported on August 22, 2020 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 8,930 acres. It was declared out on October 26, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,930 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2020
- Personnel
- 22
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM MST, 9,002 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.829, -110.690.
The incident
- Size
- 8,930 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 22, 2020 at 7:59 PM MST
- Contained
- September 9, 2020 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- October 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- October 26, 2020 at 3:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 25 Miles North of Globe
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZFTA-000867
- IRWIN identifier
- B9267D7B-DD5D-41D3-B202-3B2381EF6CDF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cibecue, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cibecue, AZ19 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Claypool, AZ30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ30 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Globe, AZ31 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ31 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Six Shooter Canyon, AZ32 miles south 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 11, 2022 at 1:48 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZFTA-000867.