Wildfires of 2013

Dun Glen Fire

2013Pershing County, NevadaWildfire

The Dun Glen Fire burned 685 acres in Pershing County, Nevada, in 2013. It was discovered on July 3, 2013, and contained on July 4, 2013. MTBS dates its ignition to July 2, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.

Size
685 acres
Discovered
July 3, 2013
Contained
July 4, 2013
Cause
Natural

Map

The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,968 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.768, -117.973.

The record

Reported final size
685 acres
Burned area mapped by MTBS
1,968 acres
Discovered
July 3, 2013, 5:36 p.m. local time
Ignition (MTBS)
July 2, 2013
Contained
July 4, 2013, 8:00 p.m. local time
Cause
Natural
State
Nevada
County
Pershing County
Land ownership at origin
Bureau of Land Management
Reporting unit
Winnemucca District Office
Agency
Bureau of Land Management
Other fire reports inside the burned area
California Trail, Mm 156
Incident type
Wildfire
MTBS fire identifier
NV4075811799020130702
MTBS assessment
Initial
Fire occurrence record
W-655806

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

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.