Wildfires of 2001

Dunphy Fire

2001NevadaWildfire

The Dunphy Fire burned 7,453 acres in Nevada, in 2001. It was discovered on August 12, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
7,453 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2001
Cause
Natural

Map

No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 40.700, -116.467.

The record

Reported final size
7,453 acres
Discovered
August 12, 2001
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
Reporting unit
Nevada Division of Forestry - Northern Region
Agency
State or local agency
Incident type
Wildfire
Fire occurrence record
ICS209_2001_NV-NNS-2020284

Other large fires in Nevada in 200112

FireAcresStartCause
Sheep Fire83,723Aug 9, 2001Natural
Spaulding Fire75,137Aug 12, 2001Natural
Buffalo Complex (Hot Lake) Fire71,934Aug 12, 2001Natural
Unnamed Fire53,317Aug 12, 2001Natural
Upper Willow Fire41,830Aug 17, 2001Human
Fish Fire22,674Aug 9, 2001Natural
Buffalo Complex (Buffalo) Fire21,188Aug 12, 2001Natural
Ranch Fire19,644Aug 12, 2001Natural
Stag Fire19,578Aug 3, 2001Natural
Martis Fire14,500Jun 17, 2001Human
Isolation Complex (Isolated) Fire14,032Jul 3, 2001Natural
Krum Fire12,084Aug 10, 2001Natural

Every fire of 2001 Nevada fire history

Nearby

Sources

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.