Ruby Lake Refuge Fire
The Ruby Lake Refuge Fire burned 1,917 acres in Nevada, in 1996. It was discovered on September 21, 1996, and contained on September 23, 1996. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,917 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 1996
- Contained
- September 23, 1996
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,604 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.203, -115.500.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,917 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,604 acres
- Discovered
- September 21, 1996, 11:58 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 23, 1996, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4021011548319960921
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-315563
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
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.