Browns Gulch Fire
The Browns Gulch Fire burned 11,822 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2012. It was discovered on August 8, 2012, and contained on August 20, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 11,822 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2012
- Contained
- August 20, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 13,403 acres. Point of origin as reported, 41.850, -115.970.
The record
- Reported final size
- 11,822 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 13,403 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 11,822 acres
- Discovered
- August 8, 2012, 7:34 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 20, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Part of
- Bull Run Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NVEKD-101274
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4185011597020120808
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-79590
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- T:\FS\Reference\GIS\r04_htf\Data\NV_firehistory.mdb
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 201212
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holloway Fire | 461,047 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Willow Fire | 42,780 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Long Canyon Fire | 36,847 | Aug 10, 2012 | Natural |
| Gilbert Fire | 31,503 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| Del Fire | 23,680 | Aug 4, 2012 | Natural |
| Mustang Fire | 19,323 | Aug 10, 2012 | Natural |
| Wall Fire | 17,200 | May 16, 2012 | Human |
| 20-MILE Fire | 13,149 | Jul 12, 2012 | Natural |
| Hanson Fire | 12,469 | Aug 10, 2012 | Natural |
| Fraiser Fire | 12,091 | Aug 5, 2012 | Natural |
| North Schell Fire | 12,046 | Jun 17, 2012 | Natural |
| Buckskin Fire | 10,721 | Aug 13, 2012 | 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.