Sampson Creek Fire
The Sampson Creek Fire burned 1,192 acres in White Pine County, Nevada, in 2004. It was discovered on September 17, 2004, and contained on September 27, 2004. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,192 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2004
- Contained
- September 27, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,283 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.998, -114.549.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,192 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,283 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,190 acres
- Discovered
- September 17, 2004, 3:40 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 27, 2004, 8:37 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- County
- White Pine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NVELD-000396
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4001911454020040917
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-125488
- Note on the perimeter
- Started on private property, burned onto public.
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 |
| Nickel Fire | 8,404 | Jun 16, 2004 | Natural |
| 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 |
| 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.