Vegas Fire
The Vegas Fire burned 40,402 acres in Clark County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on June 30, 2006, and contained on July 9, 2006. MTBS dates its ignition to June 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 40,402 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2006
- Contained
- July 9, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 21,591 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.456, -115.076.
The record
- Reported final size
- 40,402 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 21,591 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 21,111 acres
- Discovered
- June 30, 2006, 8:38 p.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- June 27, 2006
- Contained
- July 9, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Desert National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVDSR
- Part of
- Gass Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3673011505220060627
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_NV-DSR-00037
- 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Beatty Fire | 20,736 | Jul 8, 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.