Salt Fire
The Salt Fire was reported on August 17, 2020 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 21,670 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,670 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped August 27, 2020 at 8:30 AM MST, 21,670 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 33.560, -110.904.
The incident
- Size
- 21,670 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 17, 2020 at 6:22 PM MST
- Contained
- September 6, 2020 at 3:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 15, 2020 at 1:20 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 29, 2020 at 1:30 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 12 miles NNW
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZTNF-002511
- IRWIN identifier
- 901DE8A6-FCF9-460B-9F16-41647ADF467F
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Claypool, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Claypool, AZ11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Globe, AZ13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Six Shooter Canyon, AZ15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Superior, AZ21 miles southwest 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 September 30, 2020 at 9:20 AM MST. Identifier 2020-AZTNF-002511.