Maverick Fire
The Maverick Fire was reported on May 8, 2021 in Maricopa County, Arizona and burned 1,000 acres. It was declared out on June 24, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 8, 2021
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeter mapped May 8, 2021 at 3:15 PM MST, 980 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 33.859, -111.531.
The incident
- Size
- 1,000 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 8, 2021 at 10:15 AM MST
- Contained
- May 21, 2021 at 10:30 AM MST
- Controlled
- June 24, 2021 at 10:57 AM MST
- Declared out
- June 24, 2021 at 10:58 AM MST
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- 3 miles west of the community of Sunflower, AZ. 25 miles NE of Scottsdale AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Mesa
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZTNF-000778
- IRWIN identifier
- CA63D84B-FBF8-4DDF-9399-8E0534C2774E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Rio Verde, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Rio Verde, AZ13 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tonto Basin, AZ14 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fountain Hills, AZ20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Carefree, AZ22 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cave Creek, AZ24 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ28 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
Arizona wildfires today Wildfires of 2021 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 June 24, 2021 at 11:03 AM MST. Identifier 2021-AZTNF-000778.