Gold Quarry Complex (Tunnel) Fire
The Gold Quarry Complex (Tunnel) Fire burned 6,109 acres in Nevada, in 1996. It was discovered on August 14, 1996, and contained on August 18, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,109 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1996
- Contained
- August 18, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,665 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.733, -116.001.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,109 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,665 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,110 acres
- Discovered
- August 14, 1996, 2:46 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 18, 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
- Part of
- Gold Quarry Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4078611593419960814
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-17741
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 |
| Frenchie Fire | 29,135 | Sep 10, 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 |
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.