Wildfires of 2006

Unnamed Fire

2006Pershing County, NevadaWildfire

The Unnamed Fire burned 3,312 acres in Pershing County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on August 22, 2006, and contained on August 24, 2006. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.

Size
3,312 acres
Discovered
August 22, 2006
Contained
August 24, 2006
Cause
Human

Map

The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,312 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.532, -117.049.

The record

Reported final size
3,312 acres
Area inside the final perimeter
3,312 acres
Discovered
August 22, 2006, 3:56 p.m. local time
Contained
August 24, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Human, Equipment and vehicle use
State
Nevada
County
Pershing 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-002291
Fire occurrence record
W-532224
Note on the perimeter
Thales Mobile Mapper (8/23/2006)

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. 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.