Division Fire
199634,156 acresNevada
The Division Fire burned 34,156 acres, about 53 square miles, across Elko County. It began on August 1, 1996.
Watch how it happenedDivision Fire · 1996
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 | 0.1% | 30 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 9.3% | 3,183 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 84% | 28,568 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.9% | 2,373 |
under 1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 30 acres; 9% 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 | 34,138 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 1996
- Upper Humboldt Complex (Dutch Flat)71,010 acres
- Quinn-Odell Fire58,691 acres
- Upper Humboldt Complex (Slaven 2)36,903 acres
- Winnemucca Complex (Bloody Run)35,349 acres
- Upper Humboldt Complex (Getchell)31,325 acres
- Bobs Flat Fire27,864 acres
- Winnemucca Complex (Winnemucca)25,573 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.