Frenchie Fire
The Frenchie Fire burned 29,135 acres in Nevada, in 1996. It was discovered on September 10, 1996, and contained on September 13, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 29,135 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 1996
- Contained
- September 13, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 30,239 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.527, -116.258.
The record
- Reported final size
- 29,135 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 30,239 acres
- Discovered
- September 10, 1996, 1:58 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 13, 1996, 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-17800
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 199612
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Humboldt Complex (Dutch Flat) Fire | 67,643 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Quinn-Odell Fire | 58,307 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Upper Humboldt Complex (Slaven 2) Fire | 35,932 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Winnemucca Complex (Bloody Run) Fire | 33,665 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Division Fire | 30,450 | Aug 1, 1996 | Natural |
| Bobs Flat Fire | 27,972 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Upper Humboldt Complex (Getchell) Fire | 26,598 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Winnemucca Complex (Winnemucca) Fire | 21,367 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Humboldt Fire | 18,800 | Aug 12, 1996 | Natural |
| Rainbow Complex (Mule) Fire | 17,400 | Jun 7, 1996 | Natural |
| Upper Humboldt Complex (North Chimney) Fire | 16,600 | Aug 26, 1996 | Natural |
| Flat Creek Fire | 14,908 |
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.