Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown)

1999236,353 acresNevada

The Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown) burned 236,353 acres, about 369 square miles, across Pershing County. It began on August 4, 1999.

Watch how it happened

Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown) · 1999

How it happened

See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.

About this replay
IgnitionAugust 4, 1999Historical replay — order not recorded
Final area236,353 ac
Revealed—
Counties1

How severely it burned

Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.

Map of burn severity across the Dun Glenn Complex (Poker Brown)
Burn severity by class
SeverityShareAcres
Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive6.1%14,528
Lowsurface fire, most trees survive77%182,444
Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change17%39,200
Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images0.1%172

No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 6% burned at moderate 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.

Acres burned by county
Pershing CountyNV236,451

Other large fires in Nevada in 1999

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.