Billy Fire
The Billy Fire was reported on July 9, 2025 in Gila County, Arizona and burned 27,574 acres. It was declared out on October 20, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 27,574 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeter mapped November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM MST, 27,574 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 33.860, -110.906.
The incident
- Size
- 27,574 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM MST
- Contained
- September 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM MST
- Controlled
- September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM MST
- Declared out
- October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM MST
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 15 Miles S from Young, AZ
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Nearest city reported
- Young, AZ
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $19,243,151
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-AZTNF-001042
- IRWIN identifier
- 3393B4C2-CAEA-4918-B980-4A0DB7D68C57
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from July 10, 2025 (18 acres) to November 17, 2025 (27,574 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,402 acres, mapped August 19, 2025.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 10, 2025 | 18 | |
| July 11, 2025 | 425 | +407 |
| July 12, 2025 | 664 | +239 |
| July 13, 2025 | 752 | +88 |
| July 15, 2025 | 986 | +234 |
| July 16, 2025 | 1,029 | +43 |
| July 17, 2025 | 1,215 | +186 |
| July 18, 2025 | 1,300 | +85 |
| July 19, 2025 | 1,377 | +77 |
| July 20, 2025 | 1,407 | +30 |
| July 21, 2025 | 2,124 | +717 |
| August 2, 2025 | 2,470 | +346 |
| August 4, 2025 | 2,514 | +44 |
| August 5, 2025 | 3,306 | +792 |
| August 6, 2025 | 4,076 | +770 |
| August 7, 2025 | 5,045 | +969 |
| August 8, 2025 | 6,163 | +1,118 |
| August 9, 2025 | 8,869 | +2,706 |
| August 10, 2025 | 12,238 | +3,369 |
| August 11, 2025 | 15,488 | +3,250 |
| August 12, 2025 | 17,210 | +1,722 |
| August 13, 2025 | 19,750 | +2,540 |
| August 14, 2025 | 21,050 | +1,300 |
| August 15, 2025 | 21,052 | +2 |
| August 16, 2025 | 21,094 | +42 |
| August 17, 2025 | 21,392 | +298 |
| August 18, 2025 | 23,787 | +2,395 |
| August 19, 2025 | 27,189 | +3,402 |
| August 20, 2025 | 27,523 | +334 |
| August 21, 2025 | 27,503 | -20 |
| August 22, 2025 | 27,523 | +20 |
| November 17, 2025 | 27,574 | +51 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Young, AZ covers the area today.
Nearby
- Young, AZ17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Tonto Basin, AZ22 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cibecue, AZ27 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Claypool, AZ31 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Miami, AZ32 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Central Heights-Midland City, AZ32 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 November 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM MST. Identifier 2025-AZTNF-001042.