Mudd Fire
The Mudd Fire burned 13,457 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on August 23, 2006, and contained on August 26, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 13,457 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2006
- Contained
- August 26, 2006
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 14,145 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.903, -115.868.
The record
- Reported final size
- 13,457 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 14,145 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 13,457 acres
- Discovered
- August 23, 2006, 2:57 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVNNS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NVEKD-001122
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4091211579520060823
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-531278
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. 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.