Kelly Creek Fire
200038,468 acresNevada
The Kelly Creek Fire burned 38,468 acres, about 60 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on June 30, 2000.
Watch how it happenedKelly Creek 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 | 4.7% | 1,797 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 40% | 15,511 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 49% | 18,860 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.0% | 2,297 |
5% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 1,797 acres; 45% 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.
| Humboldt County | NV | 20,674 |
| Elko County | NV | 17,821 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2000
- Bilk Creek Complex (Double H)69,651 acres
- Twin Peaks Fire36,771 acres
- Choke Cherry Fire32,110 acres
- Camp Creek Fire31,748 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.