Goshute Cave Fire
201827,396 acresNevada
The Goshute Cave Fire burned 27,396 acres, about 43 square miles, across 2 counties. It began on August 13, 2018.
Watch how it happenedGoshute Cave Fire · 2018
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 | 11% | 2,957 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 27% | 7,408 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 45% | 12,380 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 16% | 4,518 |
| Increased greennessvegetation greener after the fire than before | 0.1% | 20 |
| Not mappedcloud, shadow or water in the satellite images | 0.4% | 113 |
11% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 2,957 acres; 38% 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.
| White Pine County | NV | 14,734 |
| Elko County | NV | 12,658 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2018
- Martin Fire431,841 acres
- South Sugarloaf Fire241,278 acres
- Goose Creek Fire131,550 acres
- Sheep Creek Fire58,436 acres
- Perry Fire53,748 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.