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July 16, 2018 - Burn Scar from the Martin Fire in Nevada
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Early in the morning of July 5, 2018, a fire was reported burning 4 miles northeast of Paradise Valley, Nevada. Driven by heat and wind and burning on extremely dry mixed grasses and brush, the fire grew rapidly. By July 8, the fire stretched more than 54 miles across Humbolt and Elko County and by July 9 had consumed almost 400,000 acres (roughly 624 square miles), becoming the largest fire burning in the United States.
As of July 14, 2018, the Martin Fire had consumed 435, 569 acres and had reached 95 percent containment. Inciweb reports that in the West Zone of the fire that fuels are in critical conditions with extremely low, live and dead fuel moistures. Cheatgrass is cured fuel loading 2.5 tons per acre and is 200 percent of normal with Sagebrush fuel moisture at 100 – 200 percent. Fire activity in both the West and East Zones were minimal as of the evening of July 14 and 100% containment is expected to be reached on July 18.
The Martin Fire was ignited by human activity on Bureau of Land Management land near a camping area. BLM and private donors have offered rewards for information leading to the location of the person or persons who started the fire, whether intentional or accidental.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a false color image of the Martin Fire on July 12. Vegetation appears bright green, land appears tan and fire scar (charred land and vegetation) appears black. Red marks areas of high temperature and, in this case, is primarily actively burning fire. Most of the active fire appears at the eastern edge, where rapid growth took place in the few days prior to this image.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 7/12/2018
Resolutions:
1km (358.3 KB), 500m (811.3 KB), 250m (529.2 KB)
Bands Used: 7,2,1
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
Early in the morning of July 5, 2018, a fire was reported burning 4 miles northeast of Paradise Valley, Nevada. Driven by heat and wind and burning on extremely dry mixed grasses and brush, the fire grew rapidly. By July 8, the fire stretched more than 54 miles across Humbolt and Elko County and by July 9 had consumed almost 400,000 acres (roughly 624 square miles), becoming the largest fire burning in the United States.
As of July 14, 2018, the Martin Fire had consumed 435, 569 acres and had reached 95 percent containment. Inciweb reports that in the West Zone of the fire that fuels are in critical conditions with extremely low, live and dead fuel moistures. Cheatgrass is cured fuel loading 2.5 tons per acre and is 200 percent of normal with Sagebrush fuel moisture at 100 – 200 percent. Fire activity in both the West and East Zones were minimal as of the evening of July 14 and 100% containment is expected to be reached on July 18.
The Martin Fire was ignited by human activity on Bureau of Land Management land near a camping area. BLM and private donors have offered rewards for information leading to the location of the person or persons who started the fire, whether intentional or accidental.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired a false color image of the Martin Fire on July 12. Vegetation appears bright green, land appears tan and fire scar (charred land and vegetation) appears black. Red marks areas of high temperature and, in this case, is primarily actively burning fire. Most of the active fire appears at the eastern edge, where rapid growth took place in the few days prior to this image.
Image Facts
Satellite:
Aqua
Date Acquired: 7/12/2018
Resolutions:
1km (358.3 KB), 500m (811.3 KB), 250m (529.2 KB)
Bands Used: 7,2,1
Image Credit:
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC
