Peterson Fire
The Peterson Fire burned 4,419 acres in Nevada, in 1984. MTBS dates its ignition to July 6, 1984.
- Size
- 4,419 acres
- Ignition
- July 6, 1984
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,419 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.774, -119.989.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,419 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,037 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 6, 1984
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3977411998919840706
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
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 | |
| Dry Valley Fire | 9,042 | Jun 17, 1984 | |
| Coyote Fire | 6,804 | Jul 11, 1984 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 6,553 | Jun 23, 1984 | |
| Bfdell 3 Fire | 6,300 | Jul 5, 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.