Telegraph Fire
The Telegraph Fire was reported on June 4, 2021 in Pinal County, Arizona and burned 180,757 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2021. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 180,757 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021
- Personnel
- 155
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 June 27, 2021 at 10:35 PM MST, 180,757 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 33.212, -111.124.
The incident
- Size
- 180,757 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 4, 2021 at 1:37 PM MST
- Contained
- July 3, 2021 at 4:55 PM MST
- Controlled
- August 9, 2021 at 3:05 PM MST
- Declared out
- August 10, 2021 at 8:50 AM MST
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- 1.5 miles southeast of Superior, AZ
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Superior
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 155
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $36,400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-AZTNF-001255
- IRWIN identifier
- EA3D3021-C3E7-4658-A4AE-284961FF0C8E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Superior, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Superior, AZ6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Gold Camp, AZ12 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Kearny, AZ16 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Florence, AZ20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Gold Canyon, AZ21 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 January 5, 2022 at 12:40 PM MST. Identifier 2021-AZTNF-001255.