Red Rock Fire
The Red Rock Fire burned 10,549 acres in Nevada, in 2009. It was discovered on July 15, 2009, and contained on July 24, 2009. The cause was recorded as equipment and vehicle use.
- Size
- 10,549 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2009
- Contained
- July 24, 2009
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 11,368 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.784, -120.038.
The record
- Reported final size
- 10,549 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 11,368 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 10,549 acres
- Discovered
- July 15, 2009, 2:35 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 24, 2009, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Equipment and vehicle use
- State
- Nevada
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2009-NVCCD-000660
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3976511997520090715
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-596158
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
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 20093
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt Fire | 10,670 | Aug 20, 2009 | Human |
| Wna 11 Fire | 2,266 | Aug 1, 2009 | Natural |
| Trailer 1 Fire | 1,349 | Jul 15, 2009 | 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.