Fork Fire
The Fork Fire burned 43,245 acres in Clark County, Nevada, in 2005. It was discovered on June 28, 2005, and contained on July 8, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 43,245 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2005
- Contained
- July 8, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 43,701 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.268, -114.155.
The record
- Reported final size
- 43,245 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 43,701 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 81,699 acres
- Discovered
- June 28, 2005, 9:11 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 8, 2005, 9:00 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
- Part of
- Southern Nevada Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2005-NVSND-000056
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3622811420120050628
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-504782
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Rawhide Fire | 13,453 |
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.