Pilot Fire
The Pilot Fire was reported on July 1, 2023 in Yavapai County, Arizona and burned 34,810 acres. It was declared out on August 12, 2023.
- Size
- 34,810 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2023
- Personnel
- 1
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 August 15, 2023 at 11:23 AM MST, 34,778 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.871, -113.288.
The incident
- Size
- 34,810 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 1, 2023 at 10:04 AM MST
- Contained
- August 1, 2023 at 7:37 AM MST
- Controlled
- August 2, 2023 at 7:18 AM MST
- Declared out
- August 12, 2023 at 11:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 miles E of Wikieup, AZ. Near Pilot Knob and Mohon Mountain
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- DFFM
- Jurisdiction
- DFFM
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZA5S-230970
- IRWIN identifier
- 3B8F7EA8-EA1C-48F3-A31C-1BA067B88D14
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 3, 2023 (1,773 acres) to August 15, 2023 (34,778 acres). The largest one-day growth was 29,200 acres, mapped July 8, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 3, 2023 | 1,773 | |
| July 4, 2023 | 2,427 | +654 |
| July 5, 2023 | 2,951 | +524 |
| July 6, 2023 | 2,951 | 0 |
| July 7, 2023 | 2,951 | 0 |
| July 8, 2023 | 32,151 | +29,200 |
| July 9, 2023 | 32,148 | -3 |
| July 10, 2023 | 33,834 | +1,686 |
| July 13, 2023 | 34,778 | +944 |
| August 15, 2023 | 34,778 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bagdad, AZ covers the area today.
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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 March 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM MST. Identifier 2023-AZA5S-230970.