Watch Fire
The Watch Fire was reported on July 10, 2024 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 2,162 acres. It was declared out on August 24, 2024. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,162 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2024
- Personnel
- 145
Radar
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Map
Perimeter mapped July 12, 2024 at 10:26 AM MST, 2,162 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 33.349, -110.448.
The incident
- Size
- 2,162 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM MST
- Contained
- July 17, 2024 at 9:50 AM MST
- Controlled
- July 20, 2024 at 10:00 AM MST
- Declared out
- August 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM MST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 30 Miles E of Globe, AZ
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- San Carlos
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 145
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $2,211,949
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-AZSCA-001115
- IRWIN identifier
- 153D1CCC-646B-4E7F-9128-F980E1041EFB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for San Carlos, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- San Carlos, AZUnder a mile southwest of the fire’s origin
- Peridot, AZ3 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Six Shooter Canyon, AZ19 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Globe, AZ20 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ22 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Claypool, AZ23 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 June 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM MST. Identifier 2024-AZSCA-001115.