Hog Fire
Location: 25 Miles northeast of Douglas, Cochise Co. AZ
Specific Location: Coronado NF, Lat: 31° 30´ 8″ Lon: 109° 5´ 1″
Date of Origin: 03/01/2009
Cause: Human
Situation as of 03/09/2009 3:00 pm
Personnel: unknown
Size: 16,802 acres:
Percent Contained: 100%
Costs to Date: $265,000
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Situation as of 03/07/2009 3:00 pm
Personnel: 163
Size: 16,800 acres:
Percent Contained: 90%
Costs to Date: $245,000
Fire consisted of 9,136 acres on forest, 532 acres belonging to BLM, 5,581 acres on AZ State land and 1,018 acres of privately owned land.
Fire is burning in grass, oak and juniper in steep terrain. Areas which had burned in prior years are open savannah-like grasslands. Unburned areas are characterized by thick manzanita. Approximately 90% of the fire has burned at low to moderate intensities, with little to no tree mortality. Approximately 10% of the burned at a high intensity in the manzanita.
Fire progression:
March 2 - 1,600 acs
March 3 - 4,000
March 4 - 16,000
March 5 - 16,800
March 6 - 16,800
