Red House Complex
The Red House Complex burned 32,896 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2007. It was discovered on July 18, 2007, and contained on August 28, 2007. MTBS dates its ignition to July 17, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 32,896 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007
- Contained
- August 28, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 65,552 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.898, -116.342.
The record
- Reported final size
- 32,896 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 65,552 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 35,144 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007, 11:11 a.m. local time
- Ignition (MTBS)
- July 17, 2007
- Contained
- August 28, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Elko District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Part of
- Red House Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Boo Hoo, Marge
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVEKD-000753
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4070311606720070717
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-551472
- Note on the perimeter
- Red House Complex DR2A
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 |
| Dunphy/Sansineana Fire | 29,021 | ||
| Elephant Head Fire | 28,154 | ||
| Boo Hoo Fire | 27,133 | ||
| Cain Mt Fire | 25,384 | ||
| Highway 93 Complex (Eccles) Fire | 19,560 | Jul 7, 2007 | 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.