South Sugarloaf Fire
2018241,278 acresNevada
The South Sugarloaf Fire burned 241,278 acres, about 377 square miles, across Elko County. It began on August 17, 2018.
Watch how it happenedSouth Sugarloaf 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 | 17% | 39,814 |
| Moderatemixed: many trees killed, some survive | 52% | 124,987 |
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 22% | 53,258 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 9.6% | 23,200 |
17% of the area inside the perimeter burned at high severity, about 39,814 acres; 68% 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.
| Elko County | NV | 241,426 |
Other large fires in Nevada in 2018
- Martin Fire431,841 acres
- Goose Creek Fire131,550 acres
- Sheep Creek Fire58,436 acres
- Perry Fire53,748 acres
- Goshute Cave Fire27,396 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.