Callaghan Fire
The Callaghan Fire burned 1,100 acres in Lander County, Nevada, in 2008. It was discovered on July 19, 2008, and contained on July 27, 2008. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 1,100 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2008
- Contained
- July 27, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,126 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.657, -117.018.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,100 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,126 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,114 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2008, 11:34 a.m. local time
- Contained
- July 27, 2008, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Battle Mountain District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVBMD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2008-NVBMD-000102
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3966411702520080719
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-577460
- Note on the perimeter
- Thales Mobile Mapper: Post Processed
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 20088
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Slide Rock Ridge Wfu Fire | 54,545 | Aug 10, 2008 | Natural |
| Elkhorn 2 Fire | 6,182 | Jun 14, 2008 | Human |
| Elkhorn 2 Fire | 5,454 | ||
| Gooseberry Fire | 3,042 | Jul 29, 2008 | Natural |
| Burn Canyon Fire | 1,688 | Jul 21, 2008 | Natural |
| Rock Creek Fire | 1,648 | Aug 10, 2008 | Human |
| Peterson Fire | 1,189 | Oct 26, 2008 | Human |
| Ruby Fire | 1,100 | Apr 17, 2008 | Human |
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.