Bunker Fire
The Bunker Fire burned 3,200 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on August 9, 1993, and contained on August 19, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 1993
- Contained
- August 19, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,513 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.683, -114.134.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,513 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 1993, 1:20 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 19, 1993, 8:30 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southern Nevada District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVSND
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35178
- 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 |
| Beacon Fire | 2,865 | Aug 12, 1993 | Human |
| 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. 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.