List of Arizona wildfires
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This is a list of known wildfires in Arizona.
Statistics
[edit]Wildland | Prescribed | |||
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Year | Fires | Acres | Fires | Acres |
2002[1] | 3,041 | 700,101 | 1,201 | 95,576 |
2003[2] | 2,876 | 192,538 | 450 | 111,460 |
2004[3] | 2,602 | 219,900 | 657 | 66,199 |
2005[4] | 4,027 | 975,456 | 452 | 111,452 |
2006[5] | 3,274 | 177,427 | 1,576 | 75,325 |
2007[6] | 2,240 | 101,381 | 363 | 98,593 |
2008[7] | 1,850 | 85,496 | 413 | 132,951 |
2009[8] | 2,371 | 263,358 | 2,097 | 147,531 |
2010[9] | 1,517 | 74,445 | 203 | 67,799 |
2011[10] | 1,969 | 1,036,935 | 160 | 55,069 |
2012[11] | 1,684 | 216,090 | 243 | 80,959 |
2013[12] | 1,756 | 105,281 | 134 | 49,491 |
2014[13] | 1,543 | 205,199 | 133 | 64,905 |
2015[14] | 1,662 | 160,152 | 224 | 96,973 |
2016[15] | 2,228 | 308,245 | 217 | 102,025 |
2017[16] | 2,321 | 429,564 | 190 | 133,878 |
Human | Lightning | Total | ||||
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Year | Fires | Acres | Fires | Acres | Fires | Acres |
2018[17] | 1,364 | 86,434 | 636 | 78,922 | 2,000 | 165,356 |
2019[18] | 1,463 | 178,815 | 406 | 206,127 | 1,869 | 384,942 |
2020[19] | 2,073 | 353,797 | 451 | 624,771 | 2,524 | 978,568 |
2021[20] | 1,267 | 337,276 | 506 | 187,153 | 1,773 | 524,428 |
Notable fires
[edit]Year | Fire Name | Description | Cause | Vegetation[21] | County | Size | Structures Lost | Deaths | Injuries |
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1977 | Radio Fire | Scorched the peak of Mount Elden in Flagstaff. | Human | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer / Grassland |
Coconino | 4,600 ac
7.2 sq.mi. 1,862 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1977 | Carr Canyon Fire | Scorched the peak of Carr Peak, Miller Peak in Sierra Vista. | Human | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer / Brush / Grassland |
Cochise | 4,000 ac
6.2 sq.mi. 1,200 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | Dude Fire[22] | Large fire on the Mogollon Rim that burned for 10 days. On June 25, six firefighters were killed in a burn over. Including the first female wildland firefighter killed in Arizona. It was Arizona's worst forest fire in history at the time. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Pine-Oak woodland |
Coconino | 28,000 ac
44 sq.mi. 11,331 ha |
63 | 6 | 0 |
1994 | Rattlesnake Fire | Scorched the peak of Chiricahua Peak in Douglas. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer / Grassland |
Cochise | 25,000 ac
30+ sq.mi. 3,000 +- ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | Rio Fire[23][24] | Fast moving brush fire blackened 36 square miles of desert landscape, including a large part of McDowell Mountain Regional Park and sections of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. | Lightning | Desert | Maricopa | 23,000 ac
36 sq.mi. 9,308 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Lone Fire[25] | Largest fire in the history of the Tonto National Forest burns in the Four Peaks Wilderness. The state's largest fire in 25 years. | Human | Desert / Brush / Mixed oak, pine |
Maricopa | 61,300 ac
96 sq.mi. 24,800 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 May | Horseshoe Fire | Fire originated on Horseshoe Hill and spread NE. | Human | Ponderosa Pine / Grassland |
Coconino | 8,100 ac
13.7 sq.mi. 3,280 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 June | Hochderffer Fire | Fire originated at Hochderffer Hills (about 14 miles NNW of Flagstaff) and spread NE. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer / Grassland |
Coconino | 16,680 ac
25 sq.mi. 6,520 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 May | Pumpkin Fire | Burned large portion of 10,423' (3177m) elevation Kendrick Peak. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer |
Coconino | 14,760 ac
23 sq.mi. 5,970 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | Rodeo–Chediski Fire | The Rodeo fire was intentionally started on June 18 by a seasonal firefighter looking for employment; the Chediski fire was accidentally started on June 20 by a stranded driver trying to attract a news helicopter. Burning areas joined on June 23, having collectively consumed around 300,000 acres. Largest fire in Arizona history at that time. | Human | Ponderosa Pine, Oak / Juniper-Pinyon |
Coconino / Gila / Navajo | 468,638 ac
732 sq.mi. 189,651 ha |
426 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | Aspen Fire | Fire on Mount Lemmon in the Santa Catalina Mountains burned through the town of Summerhaven, destroying 325 of 340 structures. | Human | Aspen / Pine-Oak / Conifer |
Pima / Pinal | 84,750 ac
132 sq.mi. 34,297 ha |
325+ | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Willow Fire[26] | Large fire southwest of Payson in the Mazatzal Wilderness. | Lightning | Desert Shrub / Chaparral |
Gila | 119,500 ac
187 sq.mi. 48,360 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | Nuttall/Gibson Complex Fire | Scorched the peak of Mount Graham in Safford. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer / Spruce |
Graham | 30,000+- ac
40+ sq.mi. 5,000+ ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | Cave Creek Complex Fire | Two lightning-caused fires merged to create the third largest wildfire in Arizona history (at that time). Destroyed the historic Cave Creek Mistress Mine, and likely lead to the death of the largest-recorded saguaro cactus. | Lightning | Desert Grass / Chaparral / Mixed conifer |
Maricopa / Yavapai | 243,950 ac
381 sq.mi. 98,723 ha |
11+ | 0 | 0 |
2005 | Florida Fire | Lightning-caused fire that spread throughout the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest. Destroyed the upper Florida Canyon watershed with its old-growth Douglas Fir forest. | Lightning | Oak woodland / Mixed conifer |
Santa Cruz | 23,183 ac
36 sq.mi. 9,382 ha |
0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | Brins Mesa Fire | Wildfire (reportedly started by campers) that began on June 18, 2006, about one mile north of Sedona. Burned on Brins Mesa, Wilson Mountain and in Oak Creek Canyon. | Human | Ponderosa Pine-Oak / Juniper-Pinyon |
Yavapai /Coconino | 4,317 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 June | Schultz Fire | Burned large portion of 10,085' (3074m) elevation Schultz Peak and southeastern slopes of San Francisco Mountain. Extensive debris flows and flooding ensued, affecting downslope residential areas beginning July 2010, and resulting in one fatality. | Human | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed conifer |
Coconino | 15,075 ac
23.5 sq.mi. 6,100 ha |
0 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | Horseshoe 2 Fire | Fifth largest fire in Arizona History burned the southeast flank of the Chiricahua Mountains in the Coronado National Forest. | Human | Desert grassland / Scrub Oak / Pine |
Cochise | 222,954 ac
348 sq.mi. 90,226 ha |
23 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Monument Fire[27] | Human caused fire burns through the Miller Peak Wilderness in the Huachuca Mountains and into Sierra Vista. | Human | Conifer-Oak / Pinyon-Juniper |
Cochise | 30,526 ac
48 sq.mi. 12,353 ha |
84 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Wallow Fire | Largest fire in Arizona history. Burned 841 square miles of vegetation in the Apache National Forest near Alpine. | Human | Ponderosa Pine / Gamble Oak / Sagebrush shrubland |
Apache / Graham / Greenlee / Navajo | 538,049 ac
841 sq.mi. 217,741 ha |
72 | 0 | 16 |
2012 | Gladiator Fire[28] | Residential fire sparks large fire in the Prescott National Forest near Crown King. | Human | Pine-Oak / Ponderosa Pine |
Yavapai | 16,240 ac
25 sq.mi. 6,572 ha |
6 | 0 | 8 |
2013 | Yarnell Hill Fire[29][30] | June 28 lightning-started fire that grew rapidly due to high temperatures, low humidity and wind. Occurred near the town of Yarnell, about 85 miles NW of Phoenix, killing 19 firefighters and forcing the closure of parts of State Route 89. | Lightning | Desert grass / Pinyon-Juniper woodlands |
Yavapai | 8,500 ac
13 sq.mi. 3,440 ha[31] |
129 | 19 | 22 |
2014 | Slide Fire[32] | Late in the afternoon of May 20, 2014, a wildfire was reported in Oak Creek Canyon, just north of Slide Rock State Park. It was fully contained on June 4, 2014, due to the efforts of over 1,230 firefighters, 50 crews, 29 engines and 9 helicopters. Its cause is still officially classified as "unknown," but officials have said it was likely started by humans.[33] | Unknown | Ponderosa Pine-Oak / Juniper-Pinyon |
Coconino | 21,227 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | Baker Canyon Fire | Unknown | Brush | Cochise | 7,980 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016 | Topock Fire | Human | Brush | Mohave | 2,200 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | Sawmill Fire[34][35] | On April 23, 2017, a father hosting a gender reveal party shot a target containing tannerite (an explosive substance) and blue powder, to announce that the baby was a boy. The explosion started a fire in the surrounding grass. Over 100 people were evacuated and total damage amounted to about $8 million. | Human | Grass / Chaparral / Oak Brush |
Pima | 46,911 ac | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | Goodwin Fire | The fire began on June 24, 2017. The fire caused the Mayer Fire Department and the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office to shut down parts of Highway 69 between the towns of Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt. More than 100 people had to be evacuated. Most of the evacuees were from the town of Mayer. | Unknown | Dry grass / Brush / Chaparral |
Yavapai | 28,516 ac | 5 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | Woodbury Fire | Began on June 8, 2019, five miles northwest of Superior, AZ. Over its duration, the fire traveled through the Superstition Wilderness area of the Tonto National Forest, tracking to the northeast toward Theodore Roosevelt Lake. | Human | Tall grass / Brush / Chaparral |
Pinal, Maricopa, Gila | 123,875 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Bighorn Fire | The fire starting during a thunderstorm over the Tucson area the evening of June 5. A lightning strike hit Coronado National Forest. The fired moved into the Pusch Ridge Wilderness of the Santa Catalina Mountains. By the evening of June 10, the fire had moved to the south side of the Santa Catalina Mountains making the flames visible throughout Tucson.[36] Evacuations for areas near the fire began on June 11.[37] | Lightning | Bush, trees | Pima | 119,541 ac | 0 | 0 | 9[38] |
2020 | Bush Fire | The fire started not far from SR-87 which ultimately led to the ongoing closure of this route. The fire is believed to be human-caused, but is still under investigation. Due to high winds and low humidity, the fire rapidly spread and has forced evacuations on large sections of the communities of Tonto Basin and Punkin Center.[39] | Human | Grass, Chaparral, Juniper-Pinyon | Maricopa, Gila | 193,455 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | Mangum Fire | The fire started around 3pm EDT on June 8, 2020 in the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The fire has evacuated the community of Jacob Lake. The cause of the fire is currently unknown.[40] | Unknown | Timber, Short Grass, Brush | Coconino | 71,450 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Spur Fire | The Spur Fire started on May 27, 2021, in Bagdad. Due to strong winds, the fire spread quickly into the mining town of Bagdad and residents were ordered to evacuate. The fire as a result destroyed 20 structures including 13 homes. The fire is believed to be caused by a road construction crew nearby.[41] | Human | Dry grass / Brush |
Yavapai | 153 ac | 20 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Tiger Fire | The Tiger fire started on June 30, 2021, due to a dry lightning strike in the Prescott National Forest. An evacuation order was placed for Horsethief Basin Lake due to the fire burning near the reservoir. On July 30, 2021, the fire reached 100% containment with no injuries or deaths reported and no buildings damaged or destroyed.[42] | Lightning | Dry grass / Brush | Yavapai | 16,278 ac | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | Telegraph Fire | The Telegraph Fire started on June 4, 2021 in Superior. The cause is unknown, but it is believed to be by humans. As of July 3, 2021, the fire has been 100% contained.[43] | Human | Dry grass / Brush | Pinal | 180,747 ac | 51 | 0 | 0 |
Lesser known fires
[edit]Year | Fire Name | Description | Cause | Vegetation[21] | County(ies) | Size (acres) | Structures Lost | Deaths | Injuries |
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1990 | Big Bug Fire | Small fire started by a logger's burning vehicle. | Human | N/A | Yavapai | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1990 | Bray Fire | Small fire on the Mogollon Rim near Bray Creek Ranch. | N/A | N/A | Coconino | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1990 | Encinosa Fire[44] | Small fire along U.S. Route 89 near Oak Creek Canyon. | N/A | Forest | Coconino | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1991 | Geronimo Fire[45] | Small fire caused by a Canadian hiker's unattended campfire 25 miles southwest of Flagstaff, Arizona in the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness. | Human | High Desert / River | Coconino | 85+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1991 | N/A | Fire about two miles east of Sunset Crater. | N/A | Forest | Coconino | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | Troon Fire | Dry conditions helped fuel a brush fire near Troon Country Club. Actual fire name is Granite Mountain. | N/A | Desert | Maricopa | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | Warm Springs Fire[46] | N/A | N/A | Desert | Mohave | 7,000+ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1994 | Black Mesa Fire | N/A | N/A | Desert | Yuma | 500+ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1994 | Goodwin Mesa Fire | N/A | N/A | Desert / Juniper Pinyon | Yavapai | 150+ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1995 | Dynamite Fire | Brush fire along the Verde River north of Rio Verde, Arizona. | N/A | Desert / River | Maricopa | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | Geronimo Fire[47] | Brush fire in the Superstition Wilderness southeast of Apache Junction. | Human | Desert | Pinal | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Allentown Fire[48] | N/A | Lightning | Juniper Pinyon Woodland | Apache | 4,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Clark Peak Fire[49] | Fire on Mount Graham burns territory of the endangered Mount Graham Red Squirrel and threatened the Mount Graham International Observatory. | Human | Fir Pine | Graham | 6,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Hochderffer Fire[50] | Burned for two weeks and became the largest fire in the history of the Coconino National Forest. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine | Coconino | 16,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | Witch Well Fire[51] | Fire 25 miles north of St. Johns, Arizona. | Lightning | Desert Scrub | Apache | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | Harcuvar Fire[52] | Lightning caused fire near Welden, Arizona in the Harcuvar Wilderness Area. | Lightning | Desert | La Paz | 15,980 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | N/A | Lightning caused fire in the Arizona Strip country, 40 miles southwest of St. George, Utah. | Lightning | Desert / Juniper Pinyon | Mohave | 11,000+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | N/A | Lightning caused fire west of Prescott. | Lightning | Grassland / Juniper Pinyon | Yavapai | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | Rainbow Fire[53] | Fire north of Whiteriver, Arizona in the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. | Human | Ponderosa Pine | Navajo | 4,500 | 17+ | 0 | 0 |
2000 | Pumpkin Fire[54] | Lightning caused fire burned for 17 days on Kendrick Peak. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine | Coconino | 14,760 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | Barfoot Fire[55] | Small fire near Pine Canyon Camp in the Chiricahua Mountains. | Lightning | Madrean Conifer-Oak / Aspen | Cochise | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | Edge Complex Fire[56] | Lightning caused fire south of Mount Ord between Sunflower, Arizona and Punkin Center, Arizona. | Lightning | Chaparral / Pine-Oak | Gila | 71,635 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | Twin Mills Fire[57] | Lightning sparked fire burns 3 miles northwest of Golden Valley, Arizona. | Lightning | Grassland / Forb / Pinyon-Juniper | Mohave | 12,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Hyde Fire[58] | Slow moving fire in the Prescott National Forest. | Lightning | Mixed Conifer / Chaparral | Yavapai | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Pioneer Fire[59] | Near the Pioneer Pass Campground 8 miles south of Globe, Arizona. | Lightning | Pine-Oak / Ponderosa Pine / Chaparral | Gila | 1,375 acres | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Point Fire | Three miles northeast of Pine, Arizona. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine | Coconino / Gila | 650+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Reno Fire[60] | Lightning caused fire on Gobbler Point 5 miles southwest of Alpine, Arizona. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine | Apache | 6,322 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Ruby Complex Fire[61] | Two lightning sparked fires, the Game Reserve Fire, and the Ruby Fire merge in the Kaibab National Forest. | Lightning | Ponderosa / Pinyon-Juniper | Coconino | 4,644+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Water Wheel Fire[62] | Fire started by campers at the Water Wheel Campground threatens the community of Beaver Valley. | Human | Pine-Oak Forest / Chaparral | Gila | 800 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | Big Bug Fire[63] | Small fire believed to be started by a dragging chain burned private property along State Route 69 near Mayer, Arizona. | Human | N/A | Yavapai | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 89 Mesa Fire[64] | May have been started by Arizona Game and Fish employees welding in the area. | Human | Ponderosa Pine | Coconino | 523 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | Eagle Rock Fire[65] | Lightning caused fire about 15 miles northeast of Williams, Arizona. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed Conifer | Coconino | 3,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | Hardy Fire[63] | Transient suspected of starting the fire. | Human | Ponderosa Pine | Coconino | 282 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | Schultz Fire | Started by an abandoned campfire. | Human | Aspen, Spruce-fir Pine, Mixed Conifer | Coconino | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2011 | Arlene Fire[66] | Fire 3 miles east of Lochiel, Arizona near Parker Canyon Lake. | N/A | Desert Grassland, Scrub Oak | Cochise | 10,610 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Beale Fire[67] | Lightning fire southwest of Kendrick Mountain. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Aspen / Mixed Conifer | Coconino | 5,100+ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Diamond Fire[68] | Lightning ignited fire east of Whiteriver, Arizona, north of the Black River near 10 of Diamonds Ranch. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Mixed Conifer / Pinyon-Juniper | Apache | 65 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | Empire Fire[63] | Brush fire 8 miles north of Sonoita, Arizona. | Human | Desert Grassland | Pima / Santa Cruz | 2,009 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | Empire II Fire[69] | Fast moving grass fire north of Sonoita, Arizona in the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area. | Human | Desert Grassland | Pima / Santa Cruz | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Greaterville Fire[70] | Fire started by a welder in the Coronodo Nation Forest, 10 miles southeast of Green Valley, Arizona. | Human | Madrean Encinal / Mixed Conifer / Pine-Oak | Pima | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Murphy Complex Fire[71] | Three lightning sparked fires, the Bull Fire, Pena Fire, and Murphy Fire merge in the Tumacacori Mountains, 3 miles east of Arivaca, Arizona. | Lightning | Madrean Encinal | Santa Cruz | 68,078 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2011 | Point Fire[72] | Lightning ignited fire on the north rim of the Grand Canyon. | Lightning | Ponderosa / Mixed Conifer | Coconino | 4,195 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 | Tanner Fire[73] | Lightning caused fire started on Armer Mountain in the Sierra Ancha Mountains south of Young, Arizona. | Lightning | Ponderosa Pine / Pine-Oak | Gila | 5,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | Cooks Complex Fire[77] | Three separate lightning ignited fires merge into one, 5 miles east of Black Canyon City, Arizona. | Lightning | Desert Scrub | Yavapai | 7,299 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Fox Fire[78] | Six miles south of Superior, Arizona. | Lightning | Desert Scrub | Pinal | 7,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Grapevine Fire[79] | Twenty miles southwest of Safford, Arizona. | Lightning | Desert Grass, Shrubs | Graham | 19,100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Hobble Complex Fire[80] | Four lightning sparked fires merge 35 miles south of St. George, Utah. | Lightning | Desert Grass / Juniper Pinyon | Mohave | 35,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Montezuma Fire[81] | Fire on the Tohono O'odham Indian Resorvation in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness. | N/A | Madrean Pinyon-Juniper | Pima | 1,700 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | Plateau Fire[82] | N/A | Lightning | Desert Grass / Juniper Pinyon | Mohave | 3,175 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Poco Fire[83] | Six miles northeast of Young, Arizona, within miles of the recent Bull Flat Fire. | Human | Ponderosa Pine | Gila | 11,950 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2012 | School Canyon Fire[84] | Fire in the San Rafael Valley that began in Mexico and spread across the border into Arizona. | Human | Grassland, Desert Scrub, Madrean Encinal | Cochise, Santa Cruz | 7,049 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | Sunflower Fire[85] | Started by an incendiary shotgun round along Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, 30 miles north of Mesa.[86][87] | Human | Chaparral, Grass, Pinyon, Cypress | Maricopa | 17,446 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | West Side Complex Fire[88] | Eight lightning started fires on the west side of the Kaibab Plateau in the Coconino National Forest north of the Kanab Creek Wilderness. | Lightning | Desert Grass, Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands | Mohave | 2,871 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | Doce Fire[89] | Fire of unknown origins burns a square mile of chaparral in the Granite Mountain Wilderness northwest of Prescott, Arizona. | N/A | Juniper Pinyon Woodland | Yavapai | 850 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | Finger Rock Fire[90] | Rain caused a small fire in the Catalina Mountains to smoulder between 29 July 2015 and 5 August 2015. The fire reignited on 5 August as rain soaked vegetation dried. The fire was visible across much of metropolitan Tucson. The fire sparked interest in Tucson, in addition to some viral internet interest,[91] as the view was particularly dramatic at night. | Lightning | Chaparral, grass | Pima/Pinal | 750+ | N/A (fire self-contained in a rocky canyon and not actively fought[92]) | N/A | N/A |
2016 | 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. It was located in the Tonto National Forest. As of June 18, 2019 it is 100% contained. | Human | 7,470 | |||||
2019 | Cellar Fire[95] | This fire burned in the Prescott National Forest. | Lightning | Grass, brush | Yavapai | 7,512 | |||
2019 | Ikes Fire | 16,416 | |||||||
2024 | Wildcat Fire[96] | Fire burned in the Tonto National Forest | Human | Grass-brush | Maricopa County | 14,402[97] | 0 | 0 | 0+ |
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