Sandsprgs Fire
The Sandsprgs Fire burned 15,360 acres in Churchill County, Nevada, in 1999. It was discovered on July 22, 1999, and contained on July 27, 1999. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 15,360 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1999
- Contained
- July 27, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 16,240 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.203, -118.143.
The record
- Reported final size
- 15,360 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 16,240 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 17,539 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 1999, 10:19 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 1999, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Churchill County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3919111813119990722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-4416
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 |
| Frenchie Fire | 54,677 | 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 |
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.