Mustang 2 Fire
The Mustang 2 Fire burned 379 acres in Nevada, in 1997. It was discovered on September 3, 1997, and contained on September 4, 1997. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 379 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 1997
- Contained
- September 4, 1997
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,528 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.570, -119.686.
The record
- Reported final size
- 379 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,528 acres
- Discovered
- September 3, 1997, 2:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 4, 1997, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- W-11464
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 199710
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Fire | 8,750 | Jul 16, 1997 | Human |
| Table Fire | 8,400 | Jul 9, 1997 | Natural |
| Tolbert Fire | 4,017 | May 12, 1997 | Natural |
| Warrior Fire | 3,353 | Aug 9, 1997 | Natural |
| Summit Fire | 3,348 | Aug 4, 1997 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,800 | Aug 14, 1997 | |
| Buffalo Fire | 1,724 | Aug 10, 1997 | Human |
| Twin Creek Fire | 1,645 | Aug 9, 1997 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,600 | ||
| Unnamed Fire | 1,323 | Aug 14, 1997 |
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.