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2012 Apache Pass Fire [74] Small fire north of Fort Bowie. Human Desert Grassland Cochise 1,686 0 0 0 2012 257 Fire [75] Small fire 4 miles southeast of Superior, Arizona. N/A Desert Scrub Pinal 2,860 0 0 0 2012 Bull Flat Fire [76] Area recovering from the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski fire. Lightning Grass, Brush, Deadwood Gila 2,147 0 0 0 2012
The Polles Fire is a wildfire that burned in the Mazatzal Wilderness Area, 11 miles west of Payson, Arizona, in Tonto National Forest in the United States. The fire, which has burned 628 acres (254 ha), was started by a lightning strike during thunderstorms. The fire is burning in the along the Arizona Trail. As of July 15, it is 92 percent ...
The Backbone Fire was a wildfire that started near Payson, Arizona on June 16, 2021. The fire burned 40,855 acres (16,533 ha) was fully contained on July 19, 2021. The fire burned 40,855 acres (16,533 ha) was fully contained on July 19, 2021.
There were mainly two causes of the flash flood. A month earlier before the tragedy occurred, the Highline Fire, a raging wildfire that burned 7,000+ acres of land near Ellison Creek, which explains the mixture of ash and logs that were in the flood waters on the day of the disaster. Another cause that might have been the main culprit for the ...
The Rodeo–Chediski Fire was a wildfire that burned in east-central Arizona beginning on June 18, 2002, and was not controlled until July 7. [2] It was the worst forest fire in Arizona's recorded history until June 14, 2011 when the Wallow Fire surpassed it. [ 3 ]
The Yarnell Hill Fire was a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona, ignited by dry lightning on June 28, 2013. On June 30, it overran and killed 19 members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of firefighters within the Prescott Fire Department. Just one of the hotshots on the crew survived (Brendan Mcdonough)—he was posted as a lookout on the ...
The fire began near U.S. Route 60 at mile marker 300. As of July 10, 2023 [update] , it had burned 831 acres (336 ha) and was 52% contained. [ 1 ] The Flying V fire is one of six fires that sparked along the highway on July 5, but the other five fires have been contained and only burned less than half an acre.
The Bighorn Fire was a wildfire in the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona. [3] It burned 119,987 acres (48,557 ha) until it was finally put out on July 23, 2020. A lightning strike from a storm at 9:46 PM on June 5, 2020 caused the fire. [1] The fire was named after the bighorn sheep that inhabit the area. [4]