Smith Ranch Fire
The Smith Ranch Fire burned 2,777 acres in Elko County, Nevada, in 2013. It was discovered on July 19, 2013, and contained on July 25, 2013. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,777 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2013
- Contained
- July 25, 2013
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 2,936 acres. Point of origin as reported, 40.521, -115.602.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,777 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 2,936 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,777 acres
- Discovered
- July 19, 2013, 2:18 p.m. local time
- Contained
- July 25, 2013, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- Reporting unit
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NVEKD
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2013-NVEKD-101013
- MTBS fire identifier
- NV4052111560220130719
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-1516553
- 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 |
| 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. 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.