Viirginia Fire
The Viirginia Fire burned 4,600 acres in Lyon County, Nevada, in 2006. It was discovered on June 26, 2006, and contained on July 4, 2006. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 4,600 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2006
- Contained
- July 4, 2006
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,036 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.499, -119.277.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,600 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,036 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,602 acres
- Discovered
- June 26, 2006, 8:41 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 4, 2006, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lyon County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Part of
- Sierra-Tahoe Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2006-NVCCD-001163
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3951411929020060626
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-523748
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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.