Edwards Creek Fire
The Edwards Creek Fire burned 2,225 acres in Churchill County, Nevada, in 2007. It was discovered on May 24, 2007, and contained on May 25, 2007. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 2,225 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 2007
- Contained
- May 25, 2007
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,325 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.736, -117.575.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,225 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,325 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,226 acres
- Discovered
- May 24, 2007, 8:08 a.m. local time
- Contained
- May 25, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Churchill County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVCCD-002537
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3975011755020070524
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-541444
- 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 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.