Buster Fire
The Buster Fire burned 4,214 acres in Lincoln County, Nevada, in 2002. It was discovered on July 30, 2002, and contained on August 7, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,214 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2002
- Contained
- August 7, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,257 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.106, -114.262.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,214 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,257 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,379 acres
- Discovered
- July 30, 2002, 10:43 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 7, 2002, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3811911423720020730
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-110753
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 200212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Springs Fire | 10,140 | Jul 12, 2002 | Natural |
| Eagle Fire | 8,527 | Jul 11, 2002 | Natural |
| Ellsworth Fire | 4,450 | Jul 13, 2002 | Natural |
| Lost Cabin Fire | 4,340 | Jul 14, 2002 | Natural |
| Lost Cabin Fire | 4,307 | ||
| Izzenhood Fire | 2,562 | Feb 1, 2002 | |
| Nrthpahroc Fire | 2,079 | Jun 1, 2002 | Natural |
| Pony Express Fire | 2,000 | Jul 14, 2002 | Natural |
| Toulon Fire | 1,162 | Sep 29, 2002 | Human |
| Parsnip Fire | 1,140 | Jun 1, 2002 | Natural |
| Mailsummit Fire | 1,010 | Jul 20, 2002 | Natural |
| Two Tips Fire | 970 | Sep 16, 2002 | 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.