How long did the Dove fire last?

It burned between 9 May 2017 and 9 May 2017: 1 day, according to the start date recorded by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) and the heat detections seen by satellite.

How much area did it burn?

The official perimeter published by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) is 5,414 hectares (54.1 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.

Which counties burned?

The fire only entered Graham (5,447 ha, 0.4 %).

What was the weather like?

During the fire the temperature reached 32.5 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 74 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 57, class Extreme.

Where does this data come from?

From the official burnt perimeter of United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC, public domain), NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of United States. It is not an official report.

US · United States · 2017-05-09 → 2017-05-09

Dove Fire, May 2017 Graham

Out · last measured on 9 May 2017

The fire started on 9 May 2017 in Graham, United States, and satellites saw it burning for 1 day. United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) mapped an official burnt perimeter of 5,414 hectares, spread across a single county.

It is the 62th largest in Arizona since 2016 (of 380 with a page). Number 141 in United States in 2017, of 619.

Burnt area: 5,414ha; official perimeter (MTBS / NIFC)
Duration: 1day; 9 May 2017 – 9 May 2017
Municipalities hit: 1; counties
Started on: 9 May; 2017
Heat detections: 303; in a single hotspot: 68 MW
Danger at start: 3; Very low · FWI index

HOTSPOTS BY DAY 9 May9 May

The weather it burned in

32°high

74km/h · peak gust

5%lowest humidity

It had gone 0 days without rain (1 mm or more) when it started.

This area had burned before

No earlier perimeters overlap this fire since 2016, when the satellite record begins.

What happened to each town

Graham where it started

5,447 ha reached on 17 May

0.4 %

Burnt area inside each county, from crossing the official perimeter with administrative boundaries. The distance is from the town centre to the nearest fire: staying a kilometre away does not mean it reached the houses.

The weather day by day

ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at the fire location, the standard reference for past weather, and the Canadian Fire Weather Index (the same system Copernicus uses), computed by WorldFires from that data. Days after the fire run until the first rain.

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Day	High	Min. humidity	Peak gust	Rain	Danger (FWI)
9 May	13.5 °C	34 %	47 km/h	4.9 mm	Very low 3
10 May after	12.5 °C	42 %	43 km/h	2.4 mm	Very low 3
11 May after	23.0 °C	20 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	Moderate 12
12 May after	25.2 °C	15 %	42 km/h	0.0 mm	High 26
13 May after	25.0 °C	14 %	55 km/h	0.0 mm	High 34
14 May after	22.6 °C	14 %	48 km/h	0.0 mm	High 32
15 May after	21.9 °C	11 %	74 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 42
16 May after	12.4 °C	28 %	56 km/h	1.2 mm	Moderate 14
17 May after	18.5 °C	22 %	58 km/h	0.0 mm	High 25
18 May after	17.7 °C	16 %	58 km/h	1.3 mm	Moderate 21
19 May after	19.4 °C	12 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	High 28
20 May after	23.2 °C	12 %	34 km/h	0.0 mm	High 30
21 May after	27.1 °C	7 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 40
22 May after	26.9 °C	10 %	50 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 44
23 May after	28.1 °C	9 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 43
24 May after	29.5 °C	8 %	52 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 49
25 May after	25.8 °C	8 %	67 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 57
26 May after	25.0 °C	8 %	63 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 56
27 May after	25.7 °C	7 %	44 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
28 May after	27.4 °C	5 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 47
29 May after	27.1 °C	12 %	56 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 54
30 May after	27.4 °C	20 %	53 km/h	3.6 mm	Moderate 16
31 May after	25.4 °C	20 %	44 km/h	0.4 mm	High 30
1 Jun after	26.3 °C	14 %	49 km/h	0.2 mm	Very high 40
2 Jun after	25.9 °C	23 %	39 km/h	1.2 mm	High 24
3 Jun after	30.7 °C	10 %	36 km/h	0.0 mm	High 36
4 Jun after	31.8 °C	11 %	32 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 40
5 Jun after	32.5 °C	11 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
6 Jun after	31.4 °C	11 %	40 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 46
7 Jun after	31.5 °C	13 %	42 km/h	0.3 mm	Very high 46
8 Jun after	29.9 °C	11 %	44 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50
9 Jun after	30.5 °C	12 %	48 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 50
10 Jun after	28.8 °C	6 %	54 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 57
11 Jun after	27.4 °C	6 %	55 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 58
12 Jun after	25.0 °C	13 %	54 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 54
13 Jun after	26.9 °C	6 %	38 km/h	0.0 mm	Very high 48
14 Jun after	31.0 °C	4 %	37 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 52
15 Jun after	32.5 °C	2 %	39 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 56
16 Jun after	33.0 °C	4 %	45 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 61
17 Jun after	33.6 °C	6 %	48 km/h	0.0 mm	Extreme 65

Before and after, from space

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Before · 2 May 2017

After · 16 May 2017

Before After

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Detections table · 303Every satellite heat detection, one by one, with time, satellite, power and coordinates.

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Date and time	Satellite	FRP (MW)	Lat	Lon

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Frequently asked questions

How long did the Dove fire last?: It burned between 9 May 2017 and 9 May 2017: 1 day, according to the start date recorded by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) and the heat detections seen by satellite.
How much area did it burn?: The official perimeter published by United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC) is 5,414 hectares (54.1 km²). Other tallies, such as daily incident reports, may give slightly different figures.
Which counties burned?: The fire only entered Graham (5,447 ha, 0.4 %).
What was the weather like?: During the fire the temperature reached 32.5 °C, humidity dropped to 5 % and gusts hit 74 km/h. The fire danger index (FWI) reached 57, class Extreme.
Where does this data come from?: From the official burnt perimeter of United States agencies (MTBS / NIFC, public domain), NASA FIRMS VIIRS hotspots and the administrative boundaries of United States. It is not an official report.

Where to verify it

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Where this data comes from

The perimeter is official and in the public domain. For past years it comes from MTBS (Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity), run by the U.S. Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service, which map it on Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery. For the current and last year it comes from WFIGS at the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC): incident perimeters mapped by fire crews, aircraft and imagery. Heat detections come from the VIIRS sensors aboard Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20, distributed by NASA FIRMS at 375 m resolution. County boundaries come from geoBoundaries ADM2 (Public Domain). The area per county is computed by WorldFires by crossing the perimeter with those boundaries, so it may differ slightly from official figures.

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