Robb Fire
The Robb Fire burned 2,196 acres in Nevada, in 2003. It was discovered on July 14, 2003, and contained on July 17, 2003. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,196 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2003
- Contained
- July 17, 2003
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,315 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.544, -119.891.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,196 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,315 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,197 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2003, 5:45 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 17, 2003, 11:59 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3956611988420030714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-391947
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
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 |
| Goshute Peak Fire | 2,580 | Jul 17, 2003 | Natural |
| 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.