Savannah Fire
The Savannah Fire burned 1,444 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2003. It was discovered on July 18, 2003, and contained on July 20, 2003. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,444 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003
- Contained
- July 20, 2003
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,569 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.333, -114.517.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,444 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,569 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,443 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2003, 4:14 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 20, 2003, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4133211450920030718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-117651
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 |
| 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.