Winecup Complex (West Fork) Fire
The Winecup Complex (West Fork) Fire burned 154,973 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2007. It was discovered on July 18, 2007, and contained on August 2, 2007. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 154,973 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007
- Contained
- August 2, 2007
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 159,891 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.782, -114.167.
The record
- Reported final size
- 154,973 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 159,891 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 161,935 acres
- Discovered
- July 18, 2007, 12:28 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 2, 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
- Winecup Complex
- Other fire reports inside the burned area
- Dairy Valley
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2007-NVEKD-000790
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4176911415120070718
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-549823
- Perimeter map method
- Other
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- NEVADA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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.