Waterfall Fire
The Waterfall Fire burned 8,723 acres in Carson City County, Nevada, in 2004. It was discovered on July 14, 2004, and contained on July 27, 2004. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 8,723 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2004
- Contained
- July 27, 2004
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 8,699 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.154, -119.824.
The record
- Reported final size
- 8,723 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 8,699 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 8,765 acres
- Discovered
- July 14, 2004, 2:55 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2004, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Carson City County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2004-NVCCD-003498
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3917011981620040714
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-399093
- 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 200412
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Complex | 8,906 | ||
| 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 |
| 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.