Gap Fire
The Gap Fire burned 6,840 acres in Lander County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on September 6, 2006, and contained on September 14, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,840 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2006
- Contained
- September 14, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,840 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.060, -117.436.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,840 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,840 acres
- Discovered
- September 6, 2006, 9:25 p.m. local time
- Contained
- September 14, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Battle Mountain District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVBMD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NVBMD-002330
- Fire occurrence record
- W-532462
- Note on the perimeter
- Ted McBride - 9/8/06
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
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winters Fire | 238,463 | Jul 25, 2006 | Natural |
| Sheep Fire | 150,271 | Sep 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Charleston Fire | 141,707 | Aug 15, 2006 | Natural |
| Amazon Fire | 108,564 | Sep 3, 2006 | Natural |
| Suzie Fire | 78,457 | Jun 25, 2006 | Natural |
| Basco Fire | 44,282 | Jul 26, 2006 | Natural |
| Vegas Fire | 40,402 | Jun 30, 2006 | Natural |
| Sage Fire | 27,052 | Jun 26, 2006 | Natural |
| Range Fire | 24,452 | Jul 24, 2006 | Natural |
| Hambly Fire | 23,649 | Jul 23, 2006 | Natural |
| Snow Canyon Fire | 22,234 | Aug 20, 2006 | Natural |
| Vegas Fire | 21,120 | Jun 27, 2006 | 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. 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.