Pocket Fire (AZ)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 7 Miles N from Sedona, AZ
- Personnel
- 1
- Complexity
- Type 4 Incident
- Fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering, Creeping
- Jurisdiction
- USFS · Federal land
Burning for 41 days with an average daily expansion of approximately 668 acres, the 27,393-acre Pocket Fire located seven miles north of Sedona, Arizona, in Yavapai County has now reached 100 percent containment. Federal USFS resources managed the incident as a Type 4 operation, maintaining a lone personnel on site as the fire activity subsided.
The remote blaze, which ignited on June 20, 2026, and ultimately accrued 64,065,000 dollars in costs, consumed short grass fuels across federal land. Fire behavior is currently characterized as minimal, smoldering, and creeping.
In context
This wildfire burned in Arizona for 41 days. In total it burned about 27,393 acres — around 111 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in United States
Across United States, roughly 3,021,962 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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