Wildfire map: Track where fires are burning in Arizona in 2024
Heavy rain and snowfall during Arizona's winters in recent years could fuel larger fires in 2024 if the state sees a drier monsoon as temperatures increase during the summer.
The peak of wildfire season in the state typically occurs between April and early July, but efforts to prepare by forest and fire management are year-round. Last year, firefighters responded to more than 1,600 wildfires across the state that burned around 180,000 acres, with more than 70% of the fires reportedly human-caused.
The map below shows where Arizona's wildfires stand for 2024. The list will be updated throughout the fire season.
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Sheep Fire
Updated Aug. 7
- Location: 25 miles northeast of Cave Creek
- State Date: Aug. 3
- Size: 2,483 acres
- Containment: Unknown
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 1
- Cost: Unknown
Element Fire
Updated Aug. 7
- Location: Mohave County
- State Date: Aug. 6
- Size: 3,986 acres
- Containment: 5%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 92
- Cost: $120,000
Bartlett Fire
Updated Aug. 8
- Location: 3.5 miles north of the Bartlett Lake Marina
- State Date: Aug. 4
- Size: 6,161 acres
- Containment: 17%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 53
- Cost: $537,719
Clair Fire
Updated Aug. 7
- Location: 2 miles south of Horseshoe Dam
- State Date: Aug. 4
- Size: 2,170 acres
- Containment: 24%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 49
- Cost: $124,599
Skeleton Fire
Updated Aug. 7
- Location: Agua Fria National Monument
- State Date: Aug. 3
- Size: 24,034 acres
- Containment: Unknown
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Tall grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 101
- Cost: $1.5 million
Sand Stone
Updated Aug. 7
- Location: 14 miles northeast of Fountain Hills
- State Date: July 25
- Size: 27,390 acres
- Containment: 96%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Tall grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 283
- Cost: $7,572,864
Windy Mesa Fire
Updated July 31
- Location: Neale Mesa 8 miles east of Wikieup
- State Date: July 22
- Size: 824 acres
- Containment: 75%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 16
- Cost: $185,000
Black Fire
Updated Aug. 1
- Location: South of Lake Roosevelt on the edge to the Superstition Wilderness
- State Date: July 12
- Size: 11,162 acres
- Containment: 85%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, dormant brush, hardwood slash
- Total Personnel: 1
- Cost: $7,390,000
Quail Springs Fire
Updated July 26
- Location: 12 Mile South St. George, Utah
- State Date: July 13
- Size: 1,508 acres
- Containment: 80%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Total Personnel: 1
- Cost: $524,000
Gulch Fire
Updated July 26
- Location: 11 NM South Southwest of St. George, Utah
- State Date: July 13
- Size: 925 acres
- Containment: 90%
- Cause: Natural
- Fuels involved: Short grass, brush
- Cost: $524,000
Contained Arizona wildfires
- Flying Bucket Fire: 2,795 acres, south of Mobile, human-caused
- Wolf Fire: 9,896 acres, northwest of the Happy Jack Lodge, natural-caused
- Rocky Fire: 1,597 acres, northeast of San Carlos, human-caused
- Reay Fire: 700 acres, Gila River bed, cause unknown
- Horse Fire: 512 acres, Horseshoe Dam Road, human-caused
- Wildcat Fire: 14,402 acres, West of Bartlett Lake, human-caused
- Spring Fire: 4,022 acres, 7 miles south of Sunflower, human-caused
- Refuge Fire: 1,041 acres, 40 miles northwest of Yuma, human-caused
- Catahoula Fire: 120 acres, 1 mile north of Four Peaks Road off State Route 87, human-caused
- Adams Fire: 5,029 acres, 1 mile E of Ft McDowell, human-caused
- Bravo Fire: 960 acres, Camp Navajo Arizona Training Center Military Base, cause unknown
- Peacock Fire: 255 acres, 6 miles Southwest of Hackberry, cause unknown
- Rose Fire: 166 acres, 4 miles South of Wickenburg, East side of US 60, cause unknown
- Top Fire: 3,375 acres, 10 miles west of San Carlos, human-caused
- Riverside Fire: 178 acres, West of Bartlett Lake, north of the Verde River near Riverside Campground, human-caused
- Ghost Fire: 88 acres, Along SR 88, northeast of Apache Junction, cause unknown
- Sayer Fire: 1,049 acres, 24 miles SE of Tusayan, natural-cause
- Bobcat Fire: 72.4 acres, 3 miles south of SR 188, 1.5 miles southwest of Spring Creek Ranch, natural-cause
- Weimer Fire: 1,066 acres, 8 miles north of Forest Lakes, natural-cause
- Hillside Fire: 818 acres, 3 miles north of Congress, cause unknown
- Boulder View Fire: 3,711 acres, North Scottsdale near Boulder Heights community, cause unknown
- Brown Fire: 1,422 acres, 20 miles north of Sasabe, cause unknown
- Watch Fire: 2,162 acres, 30 miles east of Globe, human-caused
- Freeman Fire: 32,568 acres, Pinal County, 14 miles northwest of Oracle, natural
- Romero Fire: 7,392 acres, 13 miles West of Dudleyville, cause unknown
- Apex Fire: 2,900 acres, 10 miles west of Tusayan, natural-cause
- Rabbit Fire: 3,016 acres, 18 miles east of Grand Canyon Junction, cause unknown
- Adessa Fire: 1,424 acres, Cottonwood Drainage, natural-cause
- Waterman Fire: 3,059 acres, 4.5 miles Northwest of Date, cause unknown
- Summit Fire: 5,950 acres, 11 miles Northeast of San Carlos. natural-cause
- Brushy Fire: 8,284 acres, 9 miles northeast of San Carlos, natural-cause
- Rock Fire: 4,317 acres, Warm Springs 20 miles northeast of San Carlos, natural-cause
- Allen Trap Fire: 1,654 acres, 25 miles Northeast of San Carlos, natural-cause
- Buckhorn Fire: 1,006 acres, Northeast of Point of Pines Camp Ground