Ray May Fire
The Ray May Fire burned 3,815 acres in Douglas County, Nevada, in 2011. It was discovered on August 16, 2011, and contained on August 26, 2011. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 3,815 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2011
- Contained
- August 26, 2011
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,954 acres. Point of origin as reported, 38.847, -119.639.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,815 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,954 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,815 acres
- Discovered
- August 16, 2011, 3:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 26, 2011, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Douglas County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Reporting unit
- Carson City District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVCCD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2011-NVCCD-000793
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3884811963920110816
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- W-631059
- 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 201112
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Creek Fire | 110,827 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Chukkar Canyon Fire | 48,672 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Izzenhood Fire | 42,157 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Eden Valley Fire | 34,485 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Hot Springs Fire | 33,794 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Last Chance Fire | 21,565 | Aug 6, 2011 | Human |
| China Garden Fire | 18,618 | Sep 30, 2011 | Natural |
| Vigo Fire | 12,087 | Aug 29, 2011 | Natural |
| Big Antelope Fire | 11,606 | Oct 1, 2011 | Natural |
| Nixon Fire | 11,195 | Jul 2, 2011 | Human |
| Susie Fire | 6,641 | Aug 4, 2011 | Natural |
| Spring Creek Fire | 6,075 | Aug 7, 2011 | 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. 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.