Sagehen Fire
The Sagehen Fire burned 1,173 acres in Mineral County, Nevada, in 2003. It was discovered on June 22, 2003, and contained on June 24, 2003. MTBS dates its ignition to June 18, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,173 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2003
- Contained
- June 24, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,061 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.031, -118.443.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,173 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,061 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,174 acres
- Discovered
- June 22, 2003, 12:44 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 18, 2003
- Contained
- June 24, 2003, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Mineral County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVINF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3801311843520030618
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-115787
- 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 |
| Robb Fire | 2,196 | Jul 14, 2003 | Human |
| Schell Fire | 1,723 | Jul 17, 2003 | Natural |
| Savannah Fire | 1,444 | Jul 18, 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.