Hump Fire
The Hump Fire burned 1,858 acres in Nevada, in 2010. The record holds its year and its final perimeter, not its dates.
- Size
- 1,858 acres
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,858 acres. Middle of the perimeter, 37.181, -115.915.
The record
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,858 acres
- State
- Nevada
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Unit
- NVDSR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2010-NVDSR-W306
- Note on the perimeter
- Previously unrecorded fire found while browsing Google Earth historical imagery. LANDSAT data indicates a start date of around 8/2/2014.
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 |
| Cottonwood Fire | 1,571 | Sep 12, 2010 | Human |
| Grass Valley Fire | 1,208 | Aug 21, 2010 | 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. 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.