Holbrook Fire
The Holbrook Fire burned 6,469 acres in Nevada, in 1994. It was discovered on August 8, 1994, and contained on August 11, 1994. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 6,469 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 1994
- Contained
- August 11, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,326 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.750, -119.568.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,469 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,326 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,444 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 1994, 9:54 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 11, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3878311952819940808
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-29321
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 |
| Porphyry Fire | 6,125 | Aug 29, 1994 | Human |
| Rattlesnak Fire | 5,700 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Woodhills Fire | 3,353 | Aug 5, 1994 | Natural |
| Prunty Fire | 3,200 | Jul 28, 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.