Goshute Peak Fire
The Goshute Peak Fire burned 2,580 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2003. It was discovered on July 17, 2003, and contained on July 27, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,580 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2003
- Contained
- July 27, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,651 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.533, -114.267.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,580 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,651 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,574 acres
- Discovered
- July 17, 2003, 8:28 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2003, 11:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4053811426520030717
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-116079
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 20035
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkins Fire | 4,848 | Jul 28, 2003 | Natural |
| Robb Fire | 2,196 | Jul 14, 2003 | Human |
| Schell Fire | 1,723 | Jul 17, 2003 | Natural |
| Savannah Fire | 1,444 | Jul 18, 2003 | Natural |
| Sagehen Fire | 1,173 | Jun 22, 2003 | 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.