Buffalo Complex (Hot Lake) Fire
The Buffalo Complex (Hot Lake) Fire burned 71,934 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2001. It was discovered on August 12, 2001, and contained on September 30, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 71,934 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2001
- Contained
- September 30, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 74,109 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.113, -116.718.
The record
- Reported final size
- 71,934 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 74,109 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 70,911 acres
- Discovered
- August 12, 2001, 9:50 a.m. local time
- Contained
- September 30, 2001, 3:00 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
- Part of
- Buffalo Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4111111669020010812
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-105533
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 200112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Fire | 83,723 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Spaulding Fire | 75,137 | Aug 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Unnamed Fire | 53,317 | Aug 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Upper Willow Fire | 41,830 | Aug 17, 2001 | Human |
| Fish Fire | 22,674 | Aug 9, 2001 | Natural |
| Buffalo Complex (Buffalo) Fire | 21,188 | Aug 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Ranch Fire | 19,644 | Aug 12, 2001 | Natural |
| Stag Fire | 19,578 | Aug 3, 2001 | Natural |
| Martis Fire | 14,500 | Jun 17, 2001 | Human |
| Isolation Complex (Isolated) Fire | 14,032 | Jul 3, 2001 | Natural |
| Krum Fire | 12,084 | Aug 10, 2001 | Natural |
| Coyote Creek Fire | 11,675 | Aug 12, 2001 | 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.