Desert 3 Fire
The Desert 3 Fire burned 2,500 acres in Nevada, in 1994. It was discovered on August 23, 1994, and contained on August 24, 1994. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1994
- Contained
- August 24, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,580 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.700, -116.501.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,500 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,580 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 5,262 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 1994, 12:11 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 24, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4177611648919940823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-29536
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 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregerson Fire | 43,000 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Moore Fire | 24,175 | Jul 31, 1994 | Natural |
| Goose Crk Fire | 16,000 | Jul 23, 1994 | Natural |
| Hallelujah Fire | 12,585 | Jul 14, 1994 | Human |
| Lone Mtn Fire | 11,188 | Jul 16, 1994 | Natural |
| Rain Fire | 9,654 | Jul 24, 1994 | Human |
| Mahogany Fire | 8,941 | Jul 17, 1994 | Natural |
| Badger Fire | 7,910 | Jul 17, 1994 | Natural |
| Holbrook Fire | 6,469 | Aug 8, 1994 | Human |
| Porphyry Fire | 6,125 | Aug 29, 1994 | Human |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 5,700 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Woodhills Fire | 3,353 | Aug 5, 1994 | Natural |
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.