Prunty Fire
The Prunty Fire burned 3,200 acres in Nevada, in 1994. It was discovered on July 28, 1994, and contained on July 31, 1994. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1994
- Contained
- July 31, 1994
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,109 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.717, -115.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,200 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,109 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,108 acres
- Discovered
- July 28, 1994, 3:04 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 31, 1994, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4174111556219940728
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-293513
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/9/2016
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.