Upper Humboldt Complex (North Chimney) Fire
The Upper Humboldt Complex (North Chimney) Fire burned 16,600 acres in Nevada, in 1996. It was discovered on August 26, 1996, and contained on August 30, 1996. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 16,600 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1996
- Contained
- August 30, 1996
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 15,078 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.489, -117.064.
The record
- Reported final size
- 16,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 15,078 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 16,703 acres
- Discovered
- August 26, 1996, 5:50 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 30, 1996, 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
- Upper Humboldt Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- 2 Forks
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4149411707519960826
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-18590
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 |
| 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. 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.