Shanty Town Fire
The Shanty Town Fire burned 8,380 acres in Nevada, in 1979. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 8,380 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 8,380 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 40.245, -115.499.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,380 acres
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
Other large fires in Nevada in 19791
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cass House Fire | 5,995 |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.