Wildfires of 1995

Frenchie1 Fire

1995NevadaWildfire

The Frenchie1 Fire burned 3,657 acres in Nevada, in 1995. It was discovered on July 20, 1995, and contained on July 21, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,657 acres
Discovered
July 20, 1995
Contained
July 21, 1995
Cause
Natural

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,911 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.450, -116.284.

The record

Reported final size
3,657 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
3,911 acres
Discovered
July 20, 1995, 6:12 p.m. local time
Contained
July 21, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
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
Fire occurrence record
W-23750

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 199512

FireAcresStartCause
Izen Fire23,750Sep 16, 1995Natural
Dann Fire22,890Jul 21, 1995Natural
Battle Creek Fire11,034Aug 6, 1995Natural
Buffalo Fire8,600Jul 29, 1995Natural
Barber Complex (Barber Canyon) Fire7,059Sep 16, 1995Natural
DOENTS1 Fire5,000Aug 23, 1995Human
Barber Complex (Jupiter Mine) Fire4,405Sep 16, 1995Natural
Thacker Complex (Thacker) Fire2,810Sep 16, 1995Natural
Thacker Complex (Kings River Valley) Fire2,675Sep 16, 1995Natural
Rock Creek Fire2,445Sep 16, 1995Natural
Buckskin Complex1,728Sep 16, 1995Natural
Minoletti Fire1,386Sep 16, 1995Natural

Every fire of 1995 Nevada fire history

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. 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.