Flying V Fire
The Flying V Fire was reported on July 5, 2023 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 831 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2023. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 831 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2023
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeter mapped June 10, 2024 at 9:02 AM MST, 115,719 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.839, -110.429.
The incident
- Size
- 831 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2023 at 2:17 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 29, 2023 at 1:31 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 33 miles Southwest of Show Low
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZFTA-000410
- IRWIN identifier
- 6260CC0C-E3BC-4171-8F0C-EE52D4887996
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 6, 2023 (863 acres) to June 10, 2024 (115,719 acres). The largest one-day growth was 114,889 acres, mapped June 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 6, 2023 | 863 | |
| July 7, 2023 | 830 | -33 |
| July 8, 2023 | 831 | +1 |
| June 10, 2024 | 115,719 | +114,888 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cibecue, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cibecue, AZ15 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ23 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ27 miles east of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ29 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ34 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- San Carlos, AZ34 miles south 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 2, 2023 at 7:28 AM MST. Identifier 2023-AZFTA-000410.