Nickel Fire
The Nickel Fire burned 8,404 acres in Clark County, Nevada, in 2004. It was discovered on June 16, 2004, and contained on June 23, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 8,404 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2004
- Contained
- June 23, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,481 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.587, -114.140.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,404 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,481 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,417 acres
- Discovered
- June 16, 2004, 8:28 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 23, 2004, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southern Nevada District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVSND
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NVSND-000012
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3665211409920040616
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-123885
- Note on the perimeter
- None
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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Complex | 8,906 | ||
| Waterfall Fire | 8,723 | Jul 14, 2004 | Human |
| Chrome Fire | 5,163 | Jul 8, 2004 | Natural |
| Troy Canyon Fire | 2,800 | Jul 23, 2004 | Natural |
| Andrew Fire | 2,693 | Aug 25, 2004 | Human |
| Cole Complex | 1,990 | ||
| Longstreet Fire | 1,670 | Aug 1, 2004 | Natural |
| Big Horn Fire | 1,552 | Aug 22, 2004 | Natural |
| Sampson Creek Fire | 1,192 | Sep 17, 2004 | Human |
| Mid-Bull Fire | 1,080 | Jun 30, 2004 | Natural |
| Fws1 Fire | 1,058 | ||
| Coyote Springs Fire | 1,054 | Jun 28, 2004 | 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.