Snowstorm Fire
2017153,432 acresNevada
The Snowstorm Fire burned 153,432 acres, about 240 square miles, across Elko County. It began on July 15, 2017.
Watch how it happenedSnowstorm Fire · 2017
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 | 6.7% | 10,235 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 76% | 116,913 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 4.5% | 6,861 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 13% | 19,414 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 7% 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 | 153,561 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2017
- Roosters Comb Fire217,340 acres
- Truckee Fire98,419 acres
- Tohakum 2 Fire92,729 acres
- Long Valley Fire80,503 acres
- Dry Gulch Fire55,094 acres
- Draw Fire27,052 acres
- Tabor Flats Fire25,171 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.