Carpenter 1 Fire
The Carpenter 1 Fire burned 27,883 acres in Nye County, Nevada, in 2013. It was discovered on July 1, 2013, and contained on November 18, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 27,883 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2013
- Contained
- November 18, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 27,871 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.204, -115.702.
The record
- Reported final size
- 27,883 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 27,871 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 27,869 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2013, 1:12 p.m. local time
- Contained
- November 18, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Nye County
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVHTF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NVHTF-500068
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV3620411570220130701
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1519065
- 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 201312
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Dune Fire | 36,372 | Jul 1, 2013 | Natural |
| Bison Fire | 24,140 | Jul 4, 2013 | Natural |
| Red Cow Fire | 16,184 | Aug 17, 2013 | Natural |
| Spring Peak Fire | 14,230 | Aug 18, 2013 | Natural |
| Eightmile Fire | 6,713 | Jul 1, 2013 | Natural |
| Red Rock Fire | 5,369 | Jul 1, 2013 | Human |
| Black Fire | 4,901 | Jul 1, 2013 | Natural |
| Chestnut Fire | 4,176 | Aug 18, 2013 | Natural |
| Willow Creek Fire | 4,028 | Jun 29, 2013 | Human |
| Cattle Guard Fire | 3,880 | Jul 16, 2013 | Natural |
| Waterpipe Fire | 3,030 | Aug 20, 2013 | Natural |
| Wieland Fire | 2,901 | Jul 16, 2013 | 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.