Tungsten Fire
The Tungsten Fire burned 61,951 acres in Pershing County, Nevada, in 2007. It was discovered on July 6, 2007, and contained on July 11, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 61,951 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007
- Contained
- July 11, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 58,329 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.718, -118.170.
The record
- Reported final size
- 61,951 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 58,329 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 61,951 acres
- Discovered
- July 6, 2007, 5:27 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 11, 2007, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Winnemucca District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVWID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVWID-000231
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4080011817320070706
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-547845
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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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.