Stirling Fire
The Stirling Fire burned 1,170 acres in Nevada, in 1987. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,170 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,170 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 36.473, -115.933.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,170 acres
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Note on the perimeter
- source map not to scale. statcause was 0, changed to Undetermined
Other large fires in Nevada in 198712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Creek Fire | 14,334 | Aug 6, 1987 | |
| Gully Fire | 7,291 | Sep 20, 1987 | |
| Zipper Fire | 6,304 | Jun 12, 1987 | |
| Bullion Fire | 5,274 | Aug 21, 1987 | |
| Table Plateau Fire | 5,181 | Aug 21, 1987 | |
| Table Plateau Fire | 5,180 | ||
| Basset Fire | 4,743 | Jun 21, 1987 | |
| Bassett Fire | 4,690 | ||
| Uhalde Fire | 3,865 | Jul 12, 1987 | |
| Ndf 25 Fire | 3,815 | Sep 2, 1987 | |
| Kings Fire | 3,443 | Sep 12, 1987 | |
| Lindsey Creek Fire | 3,337 | Jul 31, 1987 |
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.