Maricopa County, Arizona · Wildfire
| Metric | Last report | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Size | — |
9 acres
Aug 9, 5:00 PM
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| Containment | — | — | — |
| Crew size | — | — | — |
| Money spent | — | — | — |
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The Rat Fire is a wildfire near Maricopa County, Arizona. It has burned about 9 acres (about 7 football fields). It's a brand-new fire, first reported yesterday.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, August 8th at 5:00 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
88°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 10 to 15 mph N · 20% chance of rain
Tonight
70°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 mph NNW · 21% chance of rain
Sunday
86°F · Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph W · 21% chance of rain
Sunday Night
70°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 10 mph WSW · 24% chance of rain
Monday
82°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 5 to 15 mph WSW · 49% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, August 8th at 5:05 p.m. CDT.
This fire is small enough that no crew size or team has been posted yet. That's normal for a fire this size — those numbers show up once a fire is big enough to need a formal report.
We show the daily official picture. For minute-by-minute updates, evacuation orders, and maps, these do it best:
No other active fires are near this one right now. It's on its own.
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