Boulder Fire
The Boulder Fire burned 911 acres in Nevada, in 1992. It was discovered on July 28, 1992, and contained on July 28, 1992. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 911 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1992
- Contained
- July 28, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,041 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.917, -116.518.
The record
- Reported final size
- 911 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,041 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 863 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1992, 7:23 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 28, 1992, 9:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4090711651019920728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-39594
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 199212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Pot Fire | 38,200 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Dixie Crk Fire | 13,202 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| Canyon Fire | 7,180 | Aug 2, 1992 | Human |
| Idaho Line Fire | 5,500 | Aug 2, 1992 | Natural |
| California Creek Fire | 3,600 | Aug 4, 1992 | Human |
| Timber Gulch Fire | 2,895 | Jun 10, 1992 | Natural |
| Barth Fire | 2,502 | Jul 22, 1992 | Human |
| Dawley Creek Fire | 2,400 | Aug 29, 1992 | Natural |
| Bluff Ck Fire | 2,000 | Aug 1, 1992 | Natural |
| French Flt Fire | 1,757 | Aug 1, 1992 | Natural |
| Jungo Fire | 1,380 | Jul 28, 1992 | Human |
| Meadow Fire | 1,067 | Aug 15, 1992 | Natural |
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. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. 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.