Valentine Fire
The Valentine Fire was reported on August 16, 2023 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 9,644 acres. It was declared out on December 1, 2023. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 9,644 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped January 9, 2024 at 12:34 PM MST, 9,644 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.243, -110.856.
The incident
- Size
- 9,644 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2023 at 5:03 PM MST
- Contained
- October 10, 2023 at 10:00 AM MST
- Controlled
- November 14, 2023 at 12:00 PM MST
- Declared out
- December 1, 2023 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Fire Start 11 miles NE of Young AZ and 27 miles E of Payson AZ
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Payson
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $9,397,826
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2023-AZTNF-001315
- IRWIN identifier
- F0681379-0285-4155-8129-AF4B8E74CECE
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 19, 2023 (0 acres) to January 9, 2024 (9,644 acres). The largest one-day growth was 937 acres, mapped September 11, 2023.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2023 | 0 | |
| August 22, 2023 | 12 | +12 |
| August 30, 2023 | 26 | +14 |
| August 31, 2023 | 36 | +10 |
| September 3, 2023 | 37 | +1 |
| September 4, 2023 | 50 | +13 |
| September 5, 2023 | 303 | +253 |
| September 6, 2023 | 708 | +405 |
| September 7, 2023 | 955 | +247 |
| September 8, 2023 | 1,089 | +134 |
| September 9, 2023 | 1,491 | +402 |
| September 10, 2023 | 1,577 | +86 |
| September 11, 2023 | 2,515 | +938 |
| September 12, 2023 | 2,672 | +157 |
| September 13, 2023 | 2,790 | +118 |
| September 14, 2023 | 2,843 | +53 |
| September 15, 2023 | 2,881 | +38 |
| September 16, 2023 | 3,242 | +361 |
| September 17, 2023 | 3,996 | +754 |
| September 18, 2023 | 4,614 | +618 |
| September 19, 2023 | 5,300 | +686 |
| September 20, 2023 | 5,626 | +326 |
| September 21, 2023 | 5,902 | +276 |
| September 22, 2023 | 6,500 | +598 |
| September 24, 2023 | 7,223 | +723 |
| September 25, 2023 | 7,724 | +501 |
| September 26, 2023 | 8,492 | +768 |
| September 27, 2023 | 9,015 | +523 |
| September 28, 2023 | 9,220 | +205 |
| September 29, 2023 | 9,425 | +205 |
| September 30, 2023 | 9,541 | +116 |
| January 9, 2024 | 9,644 | +103 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Young, 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 February 12, 2024 at 12:46 PM MST. Identifier 2023-AZTNF-001315.