Sheep Fire
200185,037 acresNevada
The Sheep Fire burned 85,037 acres, about 133 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 9, 2001.
Watch how it happenedSheep Fire · 2001
How it happened
Watch it burn in the order satellites saw it, coloured by how severely each place burned.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 12% | 9,982 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 68% | 58,198 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 20% | 16,604 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.3% | 226 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 12% 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.
| Lander County | NV | 85,108 |
| Eureka County | NV | 1 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2001
- Spaulding Fire76,288 acres
- Buffalo Complex (Hot Lake)74,109 acres
- Unnamed Fire55,218 acres
- Upper Willow Fire40,972 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.