Thacker Complex (Kings River Valley) Fire
The Thacker Complex (Kings River Valley) Fire burned 2,675 acres in Nevada, in 1995. It was discovered on September 16, 1995, and contained on September 18, 1995. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,675 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995
- Contained
- September 18, 1995
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,325 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.707, -118.147.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,675 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,325 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,326 acres
- Discovered
- September 16, 1995, 4:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 18, 1995, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Winnemucca District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVWID
- Part of
- Thacker Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4173411813819950916
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-24277
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/6/2016
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 199512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Izen Fire | 23,750 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Dann Fire | 22,890 | Jul 21, 1995 | Natural |
| Battle Creek Fire | 11,034 | Aug 6, 1995 | Natural |
| Buffalo Fire | 8,600 | Jul 29, 1995 | Natural |
| Barber Complex (Barber Canyon) Fire | 7,059 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| DOENTS1 Fire | 5,000 | Aug 23, 1995 | Human |
| Barber Complex (Jupiter Mine) Fire | 4,405 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Frenchie1 Fire | 3,657 | Jul 20, 1995 | Natural |
| Thacker Complex (Thacker) Fire | 2,810 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Rock Creek Fire | 2,445 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Buckskin Complex | 1,728 | Sep 16, 1995 | Natural |
| Minoletti Fire | 1,386 | Sep 16, 1995 | 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.