Skeleton Fire
The Skeleton Fire was reported on August 3, 2024 in Yavapai County, Arizona and burned 24,034 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 24,034 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2024
- Personnel
- 9
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 October 13, 2024 at 5:42 AM MST, 24,034 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 34.181, -112.078.
The incident
- Size
- 24,034 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 3, 2024 at 3:07 PM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Agua Fria National Monument
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AZPHD-001108
- IRWIN identifier
- 0CE7C5D3-9B07-4FB9-B022-9AE5192D352E
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from August 4, 2024 (3,039 acres) to August 7, 2024 (24,034 acres). The largest one-day growth was 20,995 acres, mapped August 7, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| August 4, 2024 | 3,039 | |
| August 5, 2024 | 3,039 | 0 |
| August 7, 2024 | 24,034 | +20,995 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Black Canyon City, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Black Canyon City, AZ9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cordes Lakes, AZ9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Spring Valley, AZ12 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Mayer, AZ18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- New River, AZ19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Anthem, AZ22 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 October 24, 2024 at 4:50 PM MST. Identifier 2024-AZPHD-001108.