Cathedral Fire
The Cathedral Fire burned 3,847 acres in White Pine County, Nevada, in 2007. It was discovered on July 18, 2007, and contained on August 4, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 3,847 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007
- Contained
- August 4, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 4,197 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.148, -115.489.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,847 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 4,197 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 4,201 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007, 11:54 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 4, 2007, 12:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- White Pine County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVELD-000077
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3918211548220070718
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1457159
- Note on the perimeter
- Fire perimeter obtained from MTBS - S. Levitt 5/6/2016
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 200712
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winecup Complex (West Fork) Fire | 154,973 | Jul 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Tungsten Fire | 61,951 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Highway 93 Complex (West Basin) Fire | 60,490 | Jul 6, 2007 | Natural |
| Murphy Complex (Scott Creek) Fire | 58,451 | Jul 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Antelope Complex | 40,012 | Jul 17, 2007 | Natural |
| Raven Fire | 40,012 | ||
| Hepworth Complex (Hepworth) Fire | 38,068 | Jul 16, 2007 | Natural |
| Red House Complex | 32,896 | Jul 18, 2007 | Natural |
| Dunphy/Sansineana Fire | 29,021 | ||
| Elephant Head Fire | 28,154 | ||
| Boo Hoo Fire | 27,133 | ||
| Cain Mt Fire | 25,384 |
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.