Beacon Fire
The Beacon Fire burned 2,865 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on August 12, 1993, and contained on August 14, 1993. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,865 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1993
- Contained
- August 14, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,689 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.867, -114.284.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,865 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,689 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,687 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 1993, 3:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 14, 1993, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southern Nevada District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3689611429619930812
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35168
- 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 19938
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Fire | 21,686 | Jul 28, 1993 | Human |
| Bunker Fire | 3,200 | Aug 9, 1993 | Natural |
| Willow Creek Fire | 2,500 | Aug 5, 1993 | Natural |
| Whirlwind Fire | 2,300 | Jul 30, 1993 | Human |
| Jumbled Fire | 1,500 | Aug 3, 1993 | Natural |
| Davidson Fire | 1,454 | Aug 4, 1993 | Natural |
| Marys Cr Fire | 1,315 | Sep 6, 1993 | Natural |
| Quinn Canyon Fire | 1,200 | Jul 29, 1993 | Human |
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.