Whirlwind Fire
The Whirlwind Fire burned 2,300 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on July 30, 1993, and contained on August 1, 1993. MTBS dates its ignition to August 10, 1993. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,300 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 1993
- Contained
- August 1, 1993
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,756 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.533, -116.668.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,300 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,756 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,900 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 1993, 2:49 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- August 10, 1993
- Contained
- August 1, 1993, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Battle Mountain District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVBMD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4051911666819930810
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-34693
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 |
| 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.