Meadow Fire
The Meadow Fire burned 21,686 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on July 28, 1993, and contained on August 1, 1993. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 21,686 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1993
- Contained
- August 1, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 30,211 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.150, -114.551.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,686 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 30,211 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 30,209 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1993, 3:07 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southern Nevada District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Pass
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3720111460119930728
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35119
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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.