Sage Fire
200628,086 acresNevada
The Sage Fire burned 28,086 acres, about 44 square miles, across Pershing County. It began on June 26, 2006.
Watch how it happenedSage Fire · 2006
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% | 19 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 13% | 3,775 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 65% | 18,183 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 22% | 6,049 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.2% | 60 |
under 1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 19 acres; 14% 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.
| Pershing County | NV | 28,092 |
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- Charleston Fire153,976 acres
- Sheep Fire152,997 acres
- Amazon Fire105,232 acres
- Suzie Fire81,707 acres
- Basco Fire47,628 acres
- Marble Fire39,352 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.