Dry Valley Fire
The Dry Valley Fire burned 9,042 acres in Nevada, in 1984. MTBS dates its ignition to June 17, 1984.
- Size
- 9,042 acres
- Ignition
- June 17, 1984
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,042 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.279, -119.825.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 9,042 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 9,040 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 17, 1984
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- CANOD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4027911982519840617
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/9/2016
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Nevada in 198412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lander Fire | 79,410 | ||
| Izen 1 Fire | 38,456 | Aug 30, 1984 | |
| Bullhead Fire | 29,337 | Jul 6, 1984 | |
| Indian Fire | 17,012 | Jun 28, 1984 | |
| Freds Mt 2 Fire | 16,843 | Jul 14, 1984 | |
| Seamen 1 Fire | 16,681 | May 31, 1984 | |
| Izen 2 Fire | 15,197 | ||
| Mitchell Canyon Fire | 10,045 | Jun 28, 1984 | |
| Coyote Fire | 6,804 | Jul 11, 1984 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,553 | Jun 23, 1984 | |
| Bfdell 3 Fire | 6,300 | Jul 5, 1984 | |
| Box Sprg Fire | 6,177 | Aug 4, 1984 |
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. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. 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.