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Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref Volunteer Coconino: 2,675: May 23: 2023 [1]Bullet Maricopa: 3,240: June 4: June 2023 [2]Ridge Coconino: 10,210
The San Francisco Peaks, Spring 2015 The San Francisco Peaks (with Agassiz center), Fall 2007. The San Francisco Peaks as seen from Bellemont, Arizona, Winter 2014. Panorama, taken from above tree-line near Humphrey's peak (on left). The six highest individual peaks in Arizona are contained in the range: Humphreys Peak, 12,637 feet (3,852 m)
In Arizona, more than 400 residents on the San Carlos Apache Reservation were told to leave after a wildfire spilled into the downtown area on Thursday and destroyed at least 13 homes, officials said.
Tenderfoot Fire; Yarnell, Arizona [93] [94] 2019 Tilbury Fire On June 14, 2019 a fire was reported near Kearny, AZ. Quick action by the Kearny Volunteer Fire Department prevented damage to nearby structures. Pinal 22 2019 Mountain Fire This human caused fire was reported on June 7, 2019 8 miles East of the Cave Creek Ranger District Office.
Population growth in metros with people in areas of high wildfire risk increased by roughly 70% between 1990 and 2020 whereas the population in the average American metro area increased by about 40%.
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On 20 April 2022, the Tunnel Fire, the biggest incident of the year in Arizona, burned thousands of acres north of Flagstaff. This included the entirety of Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. More than 700 homeowners were forced to evacuate, and at least 30 structures were destroyed. A state of emergency was also declared. [2] [3]
With 2,520 fires burning 978,519 acres (395,993 ha) of land, the 2020 wildfire season was the largest wildfire season in the US state of Arizona since 2011. [1] [2] Wildfires occur year-round in the state but are most numerous and typically burn the largest swaths of land during spring and summer.