Wildfires of 1999

HIGHWAY93 Fire

1999Elko County, NevadaWildfire

The HIGHWAY93 Fire burned 1,200 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 1999. It was discovered on August 21, 1999, and contained on August 22, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
1,200 acres
Discovered
August 21, 1999
Contained
August 22, 1999
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 41.314, -114.818.

The record

Reported final size
1,200 acres
Discovered
August 21, 1999, 7:44 p.m. local time
Contained
August 22, 1999, 6:00 p.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
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
W-91404

Other large fires in Nevada in 199912

FireAcresStartCause
Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown) Fire231,389Aug 4, 1999Natural
Sadler Complex199,288Aug 5, 1999Natural
New Pass Complex (New Pass-Antelope) Fire139,755Aug 4, 1999Natural
Eureka Complex (Trail Canyon) Fire95,793Aug 5, 1999Natural
Sombrero Fire80,448Aug 4, 1999Natural
Clover Fire73,077Jul 8, 1999Human
Jungo Complex72,179Aug 4, 1999Natural
Frenchie Fire54,677Aug 4, 1999Natural
Rose Fire48,479Aug 6, 1999Natural
New Pass Fire47,435
Fish Complex (Fish Springs) Fire47,133Aug 23, 1999Natural
Badger Fire40,000Aug 24, 1999Natural

Every fire of 1999 Nevada fire history

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Sources

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.