Wildfires of 2005

Southern Nevada Complex (Coyote) Fire

2005NevadaWildfire

The Southern Nevada Complex (Coyote) Fire burned 2,468 acres in Nevada, in 2005. It was discovered on June 22, 2005, and contained on July 5, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
2,468 acres
Discovered
June 22, 2005
Contained
July 5, 2005
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 9,952 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.638, -115.006.

The record

Reported final size
2,468 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
9,952 acres
Discovered
June 22, 2005, 11:00 a.m. local time
Contained
July 5, 2005, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
Land ownership at origin
Fish and Wildlife Service
Reporting unit
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
Agency
Fish and Wildlife Service
Part of
Southern Nevada Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NV3650211498820050622
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
FWS-2005NVDSRBVP3

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

FireAcresStartCause
Southern Nevada Complex (Duzak) Fire238,058Jun 22, 2005Natural
Delamar Fire168,293Jun 28, 2005Natural
Southern Nevada Complex (Meadow Valley) Fire149,131Jun 22, 2005Natural
Esmeralda Fire96,987Jul 15, 2005Natural
Fork Fire43,245Jun 28, 2005Natural
Wilson Complex (Rawhide) Fire35,749Jul 15, 2005Natural
Goodsprings Fire33,569Jun 22, 2005Natural
Southern Nevada Complex (Tramp) Fire27,318Jun 28, 2005Natural
Barrel Fire24,370Aug 22, 2005Natural
Chance Fire23,749Aug 28, 2005Human
Gass Fire22,000Jun 22, 2005Natural
Air Force Fire21,000Jun 3, 2005Natural

Every fire of 2005 Nevada fire history

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.