Wildfires of 2006

Bullfrog Fire

2006NevadaWildfire

The Bullfrog Fire burned 3,710 acres in Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on July 25, 2006, and contained on July 28, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
3,710 acres
Discovered
July 25, 2006
Contained
July 28, 2006
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,615 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.834, -116.918.

The record

Reported final size
3,710 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
3,615 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
3,712 acres
Discovered
July 25, 2006, 7:00 p.m. local time
Contained
July 28, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
Land ownership at origin
National Park Service
Reporting unit
Death Valley National Park
Agency
National Park Service
Unit
CADVP
Part of
Death Valley Complex
Incident type
Wildfire
Unique fire identifier
2006-CACND-007351
MTBS fire identifier
NV3691211694820060725
MTBS assessment
Extended
Fire occurrence record
W-530061
Perimeter records
3 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 200612

FireAcresStartCause
Winters Fire238,463Jul 25, 2006Natural
Sheep Fire150,271Sep 3, 2006Natural
Charleston Fire141,707Aug 15, 2006Natural
Amazon Fire108,564Sep 3, 2006Natural
Suzie Fire78,457Jun 25, 2006Natural
Basco Fire44,282Jul 26, 2006Natural
Vegas Fire40,402Jun 30, 2006Natural
Sage Fire27,052Jun 26, 2006Natural
Range Fire24,452Jul 24, 2006Natural
Hambly Fire23,649Jul 23, 2006Natural
Snow Canyon Fire22,234Aug 20, 2006Natural
Vegas Fire21,120Jun 27, 2006Natural

Every fire of 2006 Nevada fire history

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.