Mud Springs Fire
The Mud Springs Fire burned 10,140 acres in Humboldt County, Nevada, in 2002. It was discovered on July 12, 2002, and contained on July 14, 2002. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 10,140 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2002
- Contained
- July 14, 2002
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 7,491 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.264, -117.841.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,140 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 7,491 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,148 acres
- Discovered
- July 12, 2002, 8:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 14, 2002, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Humboldt County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Winnemucca District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVWID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4128811776920020712
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-110575
- Note on the perimeter
- Found archived added 12/13/2012
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Buster Fire | 4,214 | Jul 30, 2002 | Natural |
| 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.