Firebox Fire
The Firebox Fire was reported on July 7, 2021 in Apache County, Arizona and burned 1,063 acres. It was declared out on September 22, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,063 acres
- Contained
- 57%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2021
- Personnel
- 8
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped July 7, 2021 at 5:57 PM MST, 0 acres (hand sketch). Point of origin 34.158, -109.724.
The incident
- Size
- 1,063 acres
- Containment
- 57%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2021 at 12:57 PM MST
- Contained
- September 22, 2021 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 22, 2021 at 12:01 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 22, 2021 at 12:02 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 6 Miles south of Vernon
- County
- Apache County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZASF-000801
- IRWIN identifier
- F1B3DE00-D58E-40FF-AF91-CE3C84389F80
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for McNary, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- McNary, AZ10 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ14 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ17 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Show Low, AZ19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- White Mountain Lake, AZ20 miles northwest 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 November 18, 2021 at 2:40 PM MST. Identifier 2021-AZASF-000801.