Mine Fire
The Mine Fire burned 1,004 acres in Pershing County, Nevada, in 2012. It was discovered on June 17, 2012, and contained on June 19, 2012. The cause was recorded as power generation/transmission/distribution.
- Size
- 1,004 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2012
- Contained
- June 19, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,004 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.285, -118.201.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,004 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,004 acres
- Discovered
- June 17, 2012, 10:57 a.m. local time
- Contained
- June 19, 2012, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Power generation/transmission/distribution
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Pershing County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Winnemucca District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVWID
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NVWID-020094
- Fire occurrence record
- W-637145
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. 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.