Horton Fire
The Horton Fire was reported on December 14, 2024 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 8,346 acres. It was declared out on February 21, 2025. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,346 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 14, 2024
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeter mapped September 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM MST, 8,346 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.371, -111.059.
The incident
- Size
- 8,346 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM MST
- Contained
- January 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- February 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM MST
- Declared out
- February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 17.5 miles northeast of Payson, AZ along the Mogollon Rim
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Payson
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $11,840,618
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AZTNF-001989
- IRWIN identifier
- 991234A3-0E56-44DA-9511-66008CB1C971
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from December 16, 2024 (166 acres) to September 24, 2025 (8,346 acres). The largest one-day growth was 7,167 acres, mapped September 24, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| December 16, 2024 | 166 | |
| December 17, 2024 | 400 | +234 |
| December 18, 2024 | 500 | +100 |
| December 19, 2024 | 520 | +20 |
| December 20, 2024 | 604 | +84 |
| December 21, 2024 | 769 | +165 |
| December 22, 2024 | 898 | +129 |
| December 23, 2024 | 898 | 0 |
| December 25, 2024 | 923 | +25 |
| December 26, 2024 | 923 | 0 |
| December 27, 2024 | 969 | +46 |
| December 28, 2024 | 1,074 | +105 |
| December 29, 2024 | 1,095 | +21 |
| December 30, 2024 | 1,124 | +29 |
| January 1, 2025 | 1,180 | +56 |
| September 24, 2025 | 8,346 | +7,166 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Star Valley, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Star Valley, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, AZ14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ18 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Pine, AZ23 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Heber-Overgaard, AZ28 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Tonto Basin, AZ40 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 September 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM MST. Identifier 2024-AZTNF-001989.