Backbone Fire
The Backbone Fire was reported on June 16, 2021 in Yavapai County, Arizona and burned 40,855 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 40,855 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped June 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM MST, 40,858 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.344, -111.677.
The incident
- Size
- 40,855 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 16, 2021 at 11:09 PM MST
- Contained
- July 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM MST
- Controlled
- July 19, 2021 at 8:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- September 15, 2021 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 2 miles West of Pine, AZ
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $13,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZCOF-000642
- IRWIN identifier
- 115E090B-6F4F-4E50-A28B-ABA11B9D876B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Strawberry, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 22, 2021 at 8:59 AM MST. Identifier 2021-AZCOF-000642.