Indian Creek Fire
2011115,812 acresNevada
The Indian Creek Fire burned 115,812 acres, about 181 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on September 30, 2011.
Watch how it happenedIndian Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 30% | 34,893 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 53% | 61,151 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.9% | 11,415 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 73 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 7.1% | 8,279 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 30% 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.
| Elko County | NV | 95,762 |
| Eureka County | NV | 20,127 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2011
- Chukkar Canyon Fire50,408 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.