Cloud Fire
The Cloud Fire was reported on May 11, 2023 in Maricopa County, Arizona and burned 871 acres. It was declared out on May 23, 2023.
- Size
- 871 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 11, 2023
- Personnel
- 3
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
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 33.806, -112.800.
The incident
- Size
- 871 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- May 11, 2023 at 3:47 PM MST
- Contained
- May 17, 2023 at 2:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- May 19, 2023 at 3:50 PM MST
- Declared out
- May 23, 2023 at 3:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 11 miles SE of Wickenburg AZ
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Wickenburg
- Protecting agency
- DFFM
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $140,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZA4S-230464
- IRWIN identifier
- A74A25AC-BD12-45C8-B267-5A4AE5FD505E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wickenburg, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wickenburg, AZ12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Congress, AZ25 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Citrus Park, AZ27 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sun City West, AZ28 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Surprise, AZ29 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- El Mirage, AZ30 miles southeast 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 May 28, 2023 at 10:12 AM MST. Identifier 2023-AZA4S-230464.