DOD4 Fire
The DOD4 Fire burned 1,276 acres in Lincoln County, Nevada, in 2013. It was discovered on July 7, 2013, and contained on July 9, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 1,276 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2013
- Contained
- July 9, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 1,504 acres. Point of origin as reported, 36.998, -115.800.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,276 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 1,504 acres
- Discovered
- July 7, 2013, 6:15 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 9, 2013, 10:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Reporting unit
- Desert National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Unit
- NVDSR
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NVDSR-HPN5
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2013NVDSRHPN5
- Perimeter records
- 2 on file for this fire; the largest is shown
- Note on the perimeter
- Lightning start on FWS withdrawn land (DOD). Remote roadless area of proposed wilderness. Action taken - monitor. Sparse fuels could not sustain combustion. One of about 1,000+ strikes in the immediate area. 3/6/2019: J. Roberts added updated per
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 |
| Carpenter 1 Fire | 27,883 | 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 |
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.