Vegas Fire
The Vegas Fire burned 21,120 acres in Clark County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on June 27, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 21,120 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 18,542 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.749, -115.051.
The record
- Reported final size
- 21,120 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 18,542 acres
- Discovered
- June 27, 2006, 4:52 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
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- NVDSR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NVDSR-CSK9
- Fire occurrence record
- ICS209_2006_NV-DSR-00032
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning fire with an AMR of limited suppression to minimize acres burned in desert tortise habitat but to let fire burn up into PJ and rock in higher elevation areas. 3/27/2012 J. Roberts changed org code from 84550 to 84555. 3/6/2019: J. Rober
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 |
| 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. 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.