White Rock Fire
The White Rock Fire burned 1,086 acres in Clark County, Nevada, in 2012. It was discovered on April 26, 2012, and contained on April 29, 2012. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,086 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2012
- Contained
- April 29, 2012
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,186 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.710, -114.058.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,086 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,186 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,085 acres
- Discovered
- April 26, 2012, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 29, 2012, 3:25 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Southern Nevada District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVSND
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2012-NVSND-500028
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3671011405820120426
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- W-636002
- Note on the perimeter
- None
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.