Sears Fire
The Sears Fire was reported on September 25, 2020 in Maricopa County, Arizona and burned 14,476 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2020.
- Size
- 14,476 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 25, 2020
- Personnel
- 12
Map
Perimeter mapped September 28, 2020 at 6:10 AM MST, 14,477 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.885, -111.816.
The incident
- Size
- 14,476 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 25, 2020 at 11:18 AM MST
- Contained
- October 15, 2020 at 5:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- October 20, 2020 at 12:34 PM MST
- Declared out
- October 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Unknown, Investigated but Undetermined
- Location
- 1 miles NE of North Scottsdale AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Cave Creek
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-AZTNF-002852
- IRWIN identifier
- 0A2BB376-060F-4A68-959A-25B146A7C1BD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carefree, AZ covers the area today.
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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 January 14, 2021 at 2:11 PM MST. Identifier 2020-AZTNF-002852.