Frenchie Fire
The Frenchie Fire burned 54,677 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 1999. It was discovered on August 4, 1999, and contained on August 6, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 54,677 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1999
- Contained
- August 6, 1999
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 55,238 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.404, -116.319.
The record
- Reported final size
- 54,677 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 55,238 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 54,680 acres
- Discovered
- August 4, 1999, 2:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 6, 1999, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4049411640819990804
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-91349
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 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown) Fire | 231,389 | Aug 4, 1999 | Natural |
| Sadler Complex | 199,288 | Aug 5, 1999 | Natural |
| New Pass Complex (New Pass-Antelope) Fire | 139,755 | Aug 4, 1999 | Natural |
| Eureka Complex (Trail Canyon) Fire | 95,793 | Aug 5, 1999 | Natural |
| Sombrero Fire | 80,448 | Aug 4, 1999 | Natural |
| Clover Fire | 73,077 | Jul 8, 1999 | Human |
| Jungo Complex | 72,179 | Aug 4, 1999 | Natural |
| Rose Fire | 48,479 | Aug 6, 1999 | Natural |
| New Pass Fire | 47,435 | ||
| Fish Complex (Fish Springs) Fire | 47,133 | Aug 23, 1999 | Natural |
| Badger Fire | 40,000 | Aug 24, 1999 | Natural |
| Chimney Fire | 33,581 | Aug 5, 1999 | 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.