Wildfires of 2000

Camp Creek Fire

2000Elko County, NevadaWildfire

The Camp Creek Fire burned 31,194 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2000. It was discovered on August 1, 2000, and contained on August 16, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
31,194 acres
Discovered
August 1, 2000
Contained
August 16, 2000
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 31,748 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.720, -115.196.

The record

Reported final size
31,194 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
31,748 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
31,195 acres
Discovered
August 1, 2000, 7:30 p.m. local time
Contained
August 16, 2000, 11:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
County
Elko County
Reporting unit
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Agency
Forest Service
Unit
NVEKD
Part of
O'neil Basin Complex
Other fire reports inside the burned area
Wildcat
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NV4174611519520000801
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
FS-357535
Perimeter records
2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
Note on the perimeter
statcause was 0, changed to Undetermined

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 200012

FireAcresStartCause
Countyzone Fire73,694Jul 26, 2000Natural
Bilk Creek Complex (Double H) Fire70,876Jul 17, 2000Natural
Countyzone Fire64,727
Chokecherr Fire56,010Aug 17, 2000Natural
Twin Peaks Fire42,563Aug 1, 2000Natural
Kelly Creek Fire37,717Jun 30, 2000Natural
Choke Cherry Fire25,000Aug 10, 2000Natural
Bilk Creek Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire23,483Jul 17, 2000Natural
Coyote Fire15,719Jul 27, 2000Natural
Three Mile Fire15,000Aug 2, 2000Natural
S Willow Fire14,892Aug 13, 2000Human
Prince Royal Complex14,273Jul 17, 2000Natural

Every fire of 2000 Nevada fire history

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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.