Rock Canyon Fire (AZ)
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Heat detections: NASA FIRMS (last 48h).
Quick facts
- Location
- 20 Miles SE from Fredonia, AZ
- Cause
- Natural
- Personnel
- 1
- Complexity
- Type 3 Incident
- Fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Behavior
- Minimal, Smoldering
- Jurisdiction
- DFFM · State land
After burning for 31 days, the Rock Canyon Fire has reached full containment 20 miles southeast of Fredonia, Arizona, in Coconino County. The blaze, which consumed 4,823 acres of state-managed timber at an average rate of 156 acres per day, is currently exhibiting minimal smoldering behavior.
Managed by the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management as a Type 3 incident, the fire resulted in total costs of $5,540,000. The natural-start wildfire is now being overseen by a Type 4 Incident Commander with a single personnel member remaining on-site to monitor the area.
In context
This wildfire burned in Arizona for 51 days. In total it burned about 4,823 acres — around 20 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 3,005,648 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 45% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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