Grass Valley Fire
The Grass Valley Fire burned 1,208 acres in Eureka County, Nevada, in 2010. It was discovered on August 21, 2010, and contained on August 26, 2010. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,208 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2010
- Contained
- August 26, 2010
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,299 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.010, -116.406.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,208 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,299 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,208 acres
- Discovered
- August 21, 2010, 7:13 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 2010, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Eureka 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
- 2010-NVBMD-000165
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4000211650720100821
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-607364
- 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 20105
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek Fire | 5,359 | Jul 24, 2010 | Natural |
| Seven Troughs Fire | 3,842 | Jul 25, 2010 | Natural |
| Bailey Fire | 2,687 | Aug 6, 2010 | Natural |
| Hump Fire | 1,858 | ||
| Cottonwood Fire | 1,571 | Sep 12, 2010 | 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.