Marys Cr Fire
The Marys Cr Fire burned 1,315 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on September 6, 1993, and contained on September 7, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,315 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 1993
- Contained
- September 7, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,460 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.683, -116.218.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,315 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,460 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,269 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 1993, 10:16 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 7, 1993, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- NV4067811625319930906
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-34898
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 |
| 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 |
| 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.