Spoon Fire
The Spoon Fire was reported on July 24, 2023 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 4,560 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2023.
- Size
- 4,560 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2023
- Personnel
- 10
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 September 29, 2023 at 12:33 PM MST, 4,559 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 33.837, -110.374.
The incident
- Size
- 4,560 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 24, 2023 at 3:10 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 29, 2023 at 1:32 PM MST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 20 miles west of Whiteriver AZ.
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZFTA-000574
- IRWIN identifier
- C112D87C-2CD7-46B3-84A5-602510B03749
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 28, 2023 (593 acres) to September 29, 2023 (4,559 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,938 acres, mapped July 30, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 28, 2023 | 593 | |
| July 29, 2023 | 593 | 0 |
| July 30, 2023 | 4,531 | +3,938 |
| September 29, 2023 | 4,559 | +28 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cibecue, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cibecue, AZ16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Canyon Day, AZ20 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Whiteriver, AZ24 miles east of the fire’s origin
- North Fork, AZ26 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lake of the Woods, AZ32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ32 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 2, 2023 at 7:29 AM MST. Identifier 2023-AZFTA-000574.