Rock Crek Fire
The Rock Crek Fire burned 3,517 acres in Nevada, in 1989. MTBS dates its ignition to August 14, 1989.
- Size
- 3,517 acres
- Ignition
- August 14, 1989
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,517 acres. MTBS's point for the fire, 40.976, -116.768.
The record
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,517 acres
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 14, 1989
- State
- Nevada
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4097611676819890814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
Other large fires in Nevada in 19898
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Draw Fire | 10,632 | Jul 27, 1989 | |
| Delmue Fire | 6,678 | Jul 13, 1989 | |
| 8 Mile Fire | 4,340 | Jul 3, 1989 | |
| Limerick Fire | 4,056 | ||
| Willow Fire | 2,671 | Jul 14, 1989 | |
| Walters Fire | 2,591 | Jul 9, 1989 | |
| Rock Creek Fire | 1,747 | ||
| Bertha Fire | 1,627 | Jul 9, 1989 |
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.