Eightmile Fire
The Eightmile Fire burned 6,713 acres in Lincoln County, Nevada, in 2013. It was discovered on July 1, 2013, and contained on August 17, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 6,713 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2013
- Contained
- August 17, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 6,714 acres, mapped by infrared image. Point of origin as reported, 37.466, -115.051.
The record
- Reported final size
- 6,713 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 6,714 acres
- Discovered
- July 1, 2013, 11:37 a.m. local time
- Contained
- August 17, 2013, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lincoln County
- Land ownership at origin
- Bureau of Land Management
- Reporting unit
- Ely District Office
- Agency
- Bureau of Land Management
- Unit
- NVELD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NVELD-040064
- Fire occurrence record
- W-656623
- Perimeter map method
- Infrared Image
- Note on the perimeter
- IR DATA
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 |
| 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. 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.