Three Mile Fire
The Three Mile Fire burned 15,000 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2000. It was discovered on August 2, 2000, and contained on August 5, 2000. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 15,000 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2000
- Contained
- August 5, 2000
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,740 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.502, -116.598.
The record
- Reported final size
- 15,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,740 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,378 acres
- Discovered
- August 2, 2000, 2:21 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 5, 2000, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4150611657720000802
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-96111
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countyzone Fire | 73,694 | Jul 26, 2000 | Natural |
| Bilk Creek Complex (Double H) Fire | 70,876 | Jul 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Countyzone Fire | 64,727 | ||
| Chokecherr Fire | 56,010 | Aug 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Twin Peaks Fire | 42,563 | Aug 1, 2000 | Natural |
| Kelly Creek Fire | 37,717 | Jun 30, 2000 | Natural |
| Camp Creek Fire | 31,194 | Aug 1, 2000 | Natural |
| Choke Cherry Fire | 25,000 | Aug 10, 2000 | Natural |
| Bilk Creek Complex (Cherry Creek) Fire | 23,483 | Jul 17, 2000 | Natural |
| Coyote Fire | 15,719 | Jul 27, 2000 | Natural |
| S Willow Fire | 14,892 | Aug 13, 2000 | Human |
| Prince Royal Complex | 14,273 | Jul 17, 2000 | 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.