Southern Nevada Complex (Wamp) Fire
The Southern Nevada Complex (Wamp) Fire burned 2,000 acres in Nevada, in 2005. It was discovered on June 24, 2005, and contained on July 5, 2005. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,000 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2005
- Contained
- July 5, 2005
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,813 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.603, -115.014.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,000 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,813 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,813 acres
- Discovered
- June 24, 2005, 12:00 p.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
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVDSR
- Part of
- Southern Nevada Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3661211503620050624
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2005NVDSRBV5H
- 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 |
| 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
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.