Wildfires of 2013

DOD4 Fire

2013Lincoln County, NevadaWildfire

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Lightning start on FWS withdrawn land (DOD).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

FireAcresStartCause
Crescent Dune Fire36,372Jul 1, 2013Natural
Carpenter 1 Fire27,883Jul 1, 2013Natural
Bison Fire24,140Jul 4, 2013Natural
Red Cow Fire16,184Aug 17, 2013Natural
Spring Peak Fire14,230Aug 18, 2013Natural
Eightmile Fire6,713Jul 1, 2013Natural
Red Rock Fire5,369Jul 1, 2013Human
Black Fire4,901Jul 1, 2013Natural
Chestnut Fire4,176Aug 18, 2013Natural
Willow Creek Fire4,028Jun 29, 2013Human
Cattle Guard Fire3,880Jul 16, 2013Natural
Waterpipe Fire3,030Aug 20, 2013Natural

Every fire of 2013 Nevada fire history

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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.