Buzz Fire
The Buzz Fire burned 2,063 acres in Washoe County, Nevada, in 2001. It was discovered on August 10, 2001, and contained on August 17, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,063 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2001
- Contained
- August 17, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,498 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.357, -119.928.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,063 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,498 acres
- Discovered
- August 10, 2001, 5:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2001, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Washoe County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Northern California District
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4136211992020010810
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-105193
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 |
| Buffalo Complex (Hot Lake) Fire | 71,934 | 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 |
Nearby
Sources
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.