Damper Fire
The Damper Fire burned 1,380 acres in Nevada, in 1998. It was discovered on August 11, 1998, and contained on August 15, 1998. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,380 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1998
- Contained
- August 15, 1998
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,734 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.327, -114.865.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,380 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,734 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,280 acres
- Discovered
- August 11, 1998, 11:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 15, 1998, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3730011485019980811
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-7220
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 199812
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Fire | 13,708 | Aug 14, 1998 | Natural |
| BIA7 Fire | 11,631 | Jul 18, 1998 | Human |
| Black Mtn Fire | 10,570 | Aug 30, 1998 | Natural |
| Boulder Valley Fire | 7,521 | Aug 23, 1998 | Human |
| Spaulding Fire | 5,988 | Aug 14, 1998 | Natural |
| Rainbow Fire | 5,132 | Jul 9, 1998 | Natural |
| Boyd II Fire | 3,711 | Jul 17, 1998 | Human |
| MM272 Fire | 3,250 | Aug 23, 1998 | Human |
| Airport Fire | 2,754 | Jul 29, 1998 | Natural |
| Union Comp Fire | 2,602 | Jul 17, 1998 | Human |
| Alpha Fire | 2,525 | Aug 30, 1998 | Natural |
| Sam Fire | 1,801 | Jul 20, 1998 | 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.