Hot Springs Fire
201135,024 acresNevada
The Hot Springs Fire burned 35,024 acres, about 55 square miles, across Humboldt County. It began on September 30, 2011.
Watch how it happenedHot Springs 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 | 16% | 5,762 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 33% | 11,543 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 43% | 15,047 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 7.6% | 2,671 |
16% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 5,762 acres; 49% 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 | 35,054 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2011
- Indian Creek Fire115,812 acres
- Chukkar Canyon Fire50,408 acres
- Izzenhood Fire39,297 acres
- Eden Valley Fire35,321 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.