Sonoma Fire
The Sonoma Fire burned 1,009 acres in Nevada, in 1985. MTBS dates its ignition to June 19, 1985.
- Size
- 1,009 acres
- Ignition
- June 19, 1985
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,009 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.760, -117.725.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,009 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 19, 1985
- State
- Nevada
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4076711773419850619
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Nevada in 198512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amax 1 Fire | 92,426 | Jun 19, 1985 | |
| Sentinel Fire | 74,595 | Jul 7, 1985 | |
| Dixie Fire | 41,671 | ||
| Jungord Fire | 40,698 | Aug 17, 1985 | |
| Wilder Fire | 39,466 | ||
| Rock Crk 2 Fire | 38,423 | Jul 6, 1985 | |
| Gooseberry Fire | 29,338 | Jul 7, 1985 | |
| Doubleh Fire | 26,834 | Jul 8, 1985 | |
| Black Rock Fire | 19,833 | ||
| Hungry VA3 Fire | 18,186 | Jul 8, 1985 | |
| Cresent Fire | 17,694 | ||
| Antelope Fire | 16,993 |
Nearby
Sources
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.