Blue Fire
The Blue Fire burned 1,100 acres in White Pine County, Nevada, in 2005. It was discovered on July 22, 2005, and contained on July 25, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005
- Contained
- July 25, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,292 acres. Point of origin as reported, 37.200, -114.295.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,292 acres
- Discovered
- July 22, 2005, 2:10 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- White Pine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3719811428120050722
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-504046
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 200512
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Nevada Complex (Duzak) Fire | 238,058 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Delamar Fire | 168,293 | Jun 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Southern Nevada Complex (Meadow Valley) Fire | 149,131 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Esmeralda Fire | 96,987 | Jul 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Fork Fire | 43,245 | Jun 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Wilson Complex (Rawhide) Fire | 35,749 | Jul 15, 2005 | Natural |
| Goodsprings Fire | 33,569 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Southern Nevada Complex (Tramp) Fire | 27,318 | Jun 28, 2005 | Natural |
| Barrel Fire | 24,370 | Aug 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Chance Fire | 23,749 | Aug 28, 2005 | Human |
| Gass Fire | 22,000 | Jun 22, 2005 | Natural |
| Air Force Fire | 21,000 | Jun 3, 2005 | Natural |
Nearby
Sources
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.