Choke Cherry Fire
200032,110 acresNevada
The Choke Cherry Fire burned 32,110 acres, about 50 square miles, across Elko County. It began on August 10, 2000.
Watch how it happenedChoke Cherry Fire · 2000
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 | 5.8% | 1,873 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 24% | 7,576 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 56% | 18,129 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 14% | 4,427 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.3% | 105 |
6% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 1,873 acres; 29% 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 | 32,099 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2000
- Bilk Creek Complex (Double H)69,651 acres
- Kelly Creek Fire38,468 acres
- Twin Peaks Fire36,771 acres
- Camp Creek Fire31,748 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.