Rock Crk 2 Fire
198538,423 acresNevada
The Rock Crk 2 Fire burned 38,423 acres, about 60 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on July 6, 1985.
Watch how it happenedRock Crk 2 Fire · 1985
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 1.2% | 451 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 30% | 11,473 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 51% | 19,479 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 18% | 7,017 |
1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 451 acres; 31% burned at moderate or high severity.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Elko County | NV | 37,554 |
| Lander County | NV | 906 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 1985
- Amax 1 Fire92,426 acres
- Sentinel Fire74,595 acres
- Jungord Fire40,698 acres
- Gooseberry Fire29,338 acres
- Doubleh Fire26,834 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.