Gila County, Arizona · Wildfire
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The Sycamore Fire is a wildfire near Gila County, Arizona. It has burned about 11,939 acres (about 9,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 5 weeks ago. About 12 people are on it, run by a Type 5 IC. We're also tracking 1 other active fire within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
83°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph W · 44% chance of rain
Tonight
71°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 5 mph NE · 29% chance of rain
Sunday
86°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 10 mph W · 29% chance of rain
Sunday Night
72°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind 0 to 5 mph NNE · 30% chance of rain
Monday
87°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 0 to 10 mph W · 35% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:31 p.m. CDT.
About 12 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 5 IC. The government rates it a Type 4 Incident. About $13 million has been spent on it so far.
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