Elkhorn 2 Fire
The Elkhorn 2 Fire burned 6,182 acres in Nye County, Nevada, in 2008. It was discovered on June 14, 2008, and contained on August 7, 2008. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 6,182 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2008
- Contained
- August 7, 2008
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 5,452 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.588, -116.677.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,182 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 5,452 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,199 acres
- Discovered
- June 14, 2008, 6:42 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 7, 2008, 8:45 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3855811665020080614
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1474722
- Note on the perimeter
- 000048
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 | 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 |
| Callaghan Fire | 1,100 | Jul 19, 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.