Beehive Fire
The Beehive Fire was reported on June 30, 2023 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona and burned 10,745 acres. It was declared out on July 17, 2023. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 10,745 acres
- Contained
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2023
- Personnel
- 18
Map
Perimeter mapped October 5, 2023 at 9:45 AM MST, 10,745 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 31.501, -111.158.
The incident
- Size
- 10,745 acres
- Containment
- 90%
- Discovered
- June 30, 2023 at 6:20 PM MST
- Contained
- July 17, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- July 17, 2023 at 4:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- BEEHIVE CANYON, NEAR HELLS GATE IN PECK CANYON, NOGALES
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- NOGALES
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 18
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,885,150
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZCNF-000554
- IRWIN identifier
- C2CFBFA6-615F-46BF-83E9-011488F68C6E
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 1, 2023 (1,747 acres) to October 5, 2023 (10,745 acres). The largest one-day growth was 5,672 acres, mapped July 3, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2023 | 1,747 | |
| July 2, 2023 | 2,077 | +330 |
| July 3, 2023 | 7,749 | +5,672 |
| July 4, 2023 | 10,532 | +2,783 |
| July 5, 2023 | 10,604 | +72 |
| July 6, 2023 | 10,745 | +141 |
| October 5, 2023 | 10,745 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Tubac, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Tubac, AZ10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Rio Rico, AZ11 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Arivaca Junction, AZ17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Nogales, AZ17 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Green Valley, AZ26 miles north of the fire’s origin
- East Sahuarita, AZ33 miles northeast 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 October 26, 2023 at 11:34 AM MST. Identifier 2023-AZCNF-000554.