Pius Fire
The Pius Fire was reported on July 8, 2024 in Coconino County, Arizona and burned 1,714 acres. It was declared out on September 11, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,714 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2024
- Personnel
- 120
Map
Perimeter mapped November 14, 2024 at 12:38 PM MST, 1,999 acres (ir image interpretation). Point of origin 34.505, -111.017.
The incident
- Size
- 1,714 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2024 at 12:31 PM MST
- Contained
- August 25, 2024 at 12:45 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 11, 2024 at 1:08 PM MST
- Declared out
- September 11, 2024 at 1:08 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 20 miles NE of Payson AZ
- County
- Coconino County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 120
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 2 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,300,518
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AZASF-000416
- IRWIN identifier
- 38EFA631-73F6-46DD-BCA5-491333E185BF
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 9, 2024 (1,714 acres) to July 14, 2024 (2,010 acres). The largest one-day growth was 305 acres, mapped July 10, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 9, 2024 | 1,714 | |
| July 10, 2024 | 2,019 | +305 |
| July 11, 2024 | 2,010 | -9 |
| July 13, 2024 | 2,010 | 0 |
| July 14, 2024 | 2,010 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Mesa del Caballo, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Mesa del Caballo, AZ22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Star Valley, AZ22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, AZ22 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Payson, AZ26 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Heber-Overgaard, AZ26 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Pine, AZ26 miles west 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 November 14, 2024 at 12:38 PM MST. Identifier 2024-AZASF-000416.