Wildfires of 1999

Jungo Complex

1999Humboldt County, NevadaWildfire

The Jungo Complex burned 72,179 acres in Humboldt County, Nevada, in 1999. It was discovered on August 4, 1999, and contained on August 10, 1999. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
72,179 acres
Discovered
August 4, 1999
Contained
August 10, 1999
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 77,016 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.537, -118.595.

The record

Reported final size
72,179 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
77,016 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
72,151 acres
Discovered
August 4, 1999, 1:00 p.m. local time
Contained
August 10, 1999, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
County
Humboldt County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Winnemucca District Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Unit
NVWID
Part of
Jungo Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Jungo Com
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NV4175311853719990804
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-2307

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

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
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
Chimney Fire33,581Aug 5, 1999Natural

Every fire of 1999 Nevada fire history

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.