Willow Creek Fire
The Willow Creek Fire burned 2,500 acres in Nevada, in 1993. It was discovered on August 5, 1993, and contained on August 7, 1993. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 1993
- Contained
- August 7, 1993
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,597 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.650, -117.718.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,597 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,548 acres
- Discovered
- August 5, 1993, 5:24 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 7, 1993, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Winnemucca District Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVWID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4163911774119930805
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-35265
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| 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.