Sheep Creek Fire
201858,436 acresNevada
The Sheep Creek Fire burned 58,436 acres, about 91 square miles, across Lander County. It began on August 18, 2018.
Watch how it happenedSheep Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 12% | 6,730 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 82% | 48,110 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 6.1% | 3,593 |
No part of the fire was classed as high severity; 12% 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.
| Lander County | NV | 58,483 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2018
- Martin Fire431,841 acres
- South Sugarloaf Fire241,278 acres
- Goose Creek Fire131,550 acres
- Perry Fire53,748 acres
- Goshute Cave Fire27,396 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.