Middle Fire
The Middle Fire was reported on June 29, 2021 in Yavapai County, Arizona and burned 2,792 acres. It was declared out on July 26, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,792 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2021
- Personnel
- 1
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM MST, 2,792 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.210, -111.758.
The incident
- Size
- 2,792 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 29, 2021 at 3:23 PM MST
- Contained
- July 22, 2021 at 1:30 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 26, 2021 at 10:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 3 miles West of the Verde River, 3 miles NE of Red Creek Ranch
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Cave Creek
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,800,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZTNF-001699
- IRWIN identifier
- 3A5211C3-73D0-47C3-A915-54E2F79F193E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Strawberry, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Strawberry, AZ20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Cordes Lakes, AZ21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pine, AZ21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Black Canyon City, AZ24 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Valley, AZ25 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ25 miles east 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 July 26, 2021 at 10:43 AM MST. Identifier 2021-AZTNF-001699.