Grass Val Fire
The Grass Val Fire burned 7,771 acres in Nevada, in 1986. MTBS dates its ignition to July 3, 1986.
- Size
- 7,771 acres
- Ignition
- July 3, 1986
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,771 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 39.630, -116.659.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,771 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,771 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 3, 1986
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVBMD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3963011665919860703
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- 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 198612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usaf 2 Fire | 17,402 | Jun 28, 1986 | |
| National Fire | 16,588 | Jun 24, 1986 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 16,058 | ||
| Preble Fire | 14,956 | Aug 10, 1986 | |
| Spaulding Fire | 4,532 | Jun 24, 1986 | |
| Button PT2 Fire | 4,354 | Jun 24, 1986 | |
| Whirlwind Fire | 4,302 | Jun 19, 1986 | |
| 8 Mile 2 Fire | 3,803 | Aug 10, 1986 | |
| Cold Creek Fire | 3,737 | Aug 5, 1986 | |
| Churchl Bt Fire | 3,221 | Aug 9, 1986 | |
| Devilsgate Fire | 3,067 | Aug 7, 1986 | |
| Sleeper Fire | 2,989 | Jun 28, 1986 |
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.