Cain Fire
The Cain Fire burned 7,403 acres in Pershing County, Nevada, in 2012. It was discovered on August 9, 2012, and contained on August 28, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 7,403 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012
- Contained
- August 28, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 6,902 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.052, -117.503.
The record
- Reported final size
- 7,403 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 6,902 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 7,387 acres
- Discovered
- August 9, 2012, 10:16 p.m. local time
- Contained
- August 28, 2012, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing 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
- 2012-NVBMD-020241
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4005111750320120809
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-641789
- Perimeter map method
- GPS-Flight
- Note on the perimeter
- GPS-Helicopter
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 |
| Browns Gulch Fire | 11,822 | Aug 8, 2012 | 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.