Washoe Drive Fire
The Washoe Drive Fire burned 3,177 acres in Washoe County, Nevada, in 2012. It was discovered on January 19, 2012, and contained on January 21, 2012. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 3,177 acres
- Discovered
- January 19, 2012
- Contained
- January 21, 2012
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,504 acres. Point of origin as reported, 39.326, -119.809.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,177 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,504 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,676 acres
- Discovered
- January 19, 2012, 12:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- January 21, 2012, 3:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Washoe County
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVRNOX
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NVCCD-000011
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3932611980920120119
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1502295
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized-Other
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.