Nelson Fire
The Nelson Fire burned 2,570 acres in California, in 1994. It was discovered on August 31, 1994, and contained on September 2, 1994. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 2,570 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1994
- Contained
- September 2, 1994
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,639 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.267, -120.501.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,570 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,639 acres
- Discovered
- August 31, 1994, 3:52 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 2, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- California
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- CA4127212044719940831
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-27167
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 California in 199412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 48,851 | Aug 14, 1994 | Human |
| Cottonwood Fire | 46,800 | Aug 16, 1994 | Human |
| Barkley Fire | 44,683 | Sep 18, 1994 | Natural |
| Jack #1 Fire | 28,953 | Jul 22, 1994 | Natural |
| Steckel Fire | 27,085 | ||
| Palm Fire | 20,901 | Jul 1, 1994 | Natural |
| Devils Fire | 12,303 | Jul 3, 1994 | Human |
| Fort Piute Fire | 9,497 | Jun 28, 1994 | Natural |
| Crystal Fire | 7,310 | Aug 4, 1994 | Human |
| Specimen Fire | 7,015 | Sep 19, 1994 | Natural |
| Fairview Fire | 6,420 | Jun 27, 1994 | Human |
| Fort Piute Fire | 6,350 |
Nearby
Sources
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.