Troy Canyon Fire
The Troy Canyon Fire burned 2,800 acres in Nye County, Nevada, in 2004. It was discovered on July 23, 2004, and contained on October 18, 2004. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,800 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2004
- Contained
- October 18, 2004
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,974 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.312, -115.541.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,974 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,975 acres
- Discovered
- July 23, 2004, 7:20 a.m. local time
- Contained
- October 18, 2004, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye County
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NVELD-000235
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3831311552620040723
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2004_NV-4HTF-235
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/6/2016
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 |
| 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.