Wildfire — Santa Cruz County, Arizona

2005-07-07 to 2005-07-21 · Santa Cruz County, Arizona

Event narrative

The Florida Fire was a lightning caused fire that started on July 7, 2005 in the Santa Rita Mountains about 25 miles south of the City of Tucson. The fire burned a total of 23,183 acres, injured 13 firefighters and was contained on July 21, 2005 at 6 pm MST. At the peak of the fire there were 986 personnel , and the total cost to suppress the fire was 8.1 million dollars. Below is a few of the dates when main events occurred with this fire.July 9, 2005 - Some trails leading to the fire area are closed.July 11, 2005 - All public access to Madera Canyon Recreation area was restricted.July 13, 2005 - At 10 am MST Madera Canyon residents were evacuated.July 17, 2005 - Portions of the fire received a half inch of rainfall from thunderstorms.After the monsoon season got underway, rainfall helped aide the firefighters in putting the Florida fire out.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5465397. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.