Chukkar Canyon Fire
201150,408 acresNevada
The Chukkar Canyon Fire burned 50,408 acres, about 79 square miles, across Eureka County. It began on September 30, 2011.
Watch how it happenedChukkar Canyon Fire · 2011
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highmost vegetation consumed, soils altered | 1.1% | 552 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 42% | 21,117 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 43% | 21,726 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 7.5% | 3,788 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 6.4% | 3,203 |
1% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 552 acres; 43% 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.
| Eureka County | NV | 50,449 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2011
- Indian Creek Fire115,812 acres
- Izzenhood Fire39,297 acres
- Eden Valley Fire35,321 acres
- Hot Springs Fire35,024 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.