Smith Creek Fire
The Smith Creek Fire burned 1,592 acres in Nevada, in 2001. It was discovered on July 27, 2001, and contained on August 1, 2001. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,592 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2001
- Contained
- August 1, 2001
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,781 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.062, -115.274.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,592 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,781 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,778 acres
- Discovered
- July 27, 2001, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 1, 2001, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3908711525520010727
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-366714
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/6/2016
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
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.