Elgin Bridge Fire
The Elgin Bridge Fire was reported on May 23, 2022 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and burned 2,149 acres. It was declared out on June 6, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,149 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 23, 2022
- Personnel
- 50
Map
Perimeter mapped June 14, 2022 at 8:00 AM MST, 2,150 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 31.663, -110.522.
The incident
- Size
- 2,149 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 23, 2022 at 10:49 AM MST
- Contained
- May 29, 2022 at 6:30 AM MST
- Controlled
- June 6, 2022 at 11:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- June 6, 2022 at 11:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Communities of Elgin, Sonoita, Babacomari Ranch.
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Elgin
- Protecting agency
- DFFM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 50
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-AZA3S-220626
- IRWIN identifier
- D8F7C099-538F-4696-A740-C77802D4BAE5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sonoita, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sonoita, AZ8 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Whetstone, AZ10 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Huachuca City, AZ11 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Sierra Vista, AZ15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sierra Vista Southeast, AZ23 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mescal, AZ23 miles north 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 June 6, 2022 at 11:18 AM MST. Identifier 2022-AZA3S-220626.