Table of Contents

Report

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Project Background
  • 1.2 Communities Assessed
  • 1.3 Communities Not Assessed
• 2.0 Methodology
  • 2.1 RCI Project Team
  • 2.2 Base Map Data Collection
  • 2.3 Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 2.4 Interviews With Fire Personnel
  • 2.5 Recommendation Development
• 3.0 Description of the County
  • 3.1 Demographics, Location, Topography, and Climatic Data
  • 3.2 Wildfire History
  • 3.3 Natural Resources and Critical Features Potentially At Risk
  • 3.4 Previous Fire Hazard Reduction Projects
• 4.0 County-Wide Assessment Results
  • 4.1 County-Wide Risk and Hazard Assessment Overview
• 5.0 Denio
  • 5.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 5.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 5.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 6.0 Denio Junction
  • 6.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 6.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 6.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 7.0 Golconda
  • 7.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 7.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 7.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 8.0 Grass Valley
  • 8.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 8.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 8.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 9.0 McDermitt
  • 9.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 9.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 9.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 10.0 Orovada
  • 10.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 10.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 10.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 11.0 Paradise Ranchos
  • 11.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 11.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 11.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 12.0 Paradise Valley
  • 12.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 12.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 12.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 13.0 Quinn River
  • 13.1 Quinn River Hazard and Risk Reduction
  • 13.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 13.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 14.0 Valmy
  • 14.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 14.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 14.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 15.0 Winnemucca
  • 15.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 15.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 15.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 16.0 Fort McDermitt
  • 16.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 16.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 16.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 17.0 Conclusions
  • 17.1 Humboldt County Risk/Hazard Assessment Conclusions
• 18.0 References

Appendices

• Appendix A - Glossary of Terms Used in Wildfire Management and Scientific Plant Names
• Appendix B - Community Wildfire Assessment Rating System
• Appendix C - Photographs of Representative Fuel Types in Humboldt County Communities
• Appendix D - List of Persons Contacted
• Appendix E - Homeowner Guidelines
• Appendix F - Fire Safe Community Guidelines

Tables

• Table 1-1 Community Risk and Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 2-1 Primary Datasets and Sources Utilized in the Humboldt County Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment
• Table 2-2 Hazard Rating Point System Used in the Nevada Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Project
• Table 3-1 Land Management Acreage Within Humboldt County
• Table 3-2 Summary of Available Fire Occurrence Data and Estimated Acreage, 1980-2003
• Table 3-3 At Risk Historical Places in Humboldt County
• Table 3-4 Federal and State Listed Flora and Fauna At Risk in Humboldt County
• Table 4-1 Humboldt County Risk/Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 4-2 Blm Winnemucca Field Office Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 5-1 Denio Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 5-2 Denio Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 5-3 Denio Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 6-1 Denio Junction Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 6-2 Denio Junction Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 7-1 Golconda Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 7-2 Golconda Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 7-3 Golconda Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 8-1 Grass Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 8-2 Grass Valley Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 8-3 Grass Valley Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 9-1 McDermitt Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 9-2 McDermitt Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 9-3 McDermitt Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 10-1 Orovada Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 10-2 Orovada Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 10-3 Orovada Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 11-1 Paradise Ranchos Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 11-2 Paradise Ranchos (Paradise Hills) Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 11-3 Paradise Ranchos Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 12-1 Paradise Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 12-2 Paradise Valley Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 12-3 Paradise Valley Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 13-1 Quinn River: Fire Suppression Resources Available
• Table 13-2 Quinn River Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 14-1 Valmy Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 14-2 Valmy Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 14-3 Valmy Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 15-1 Winnemucca Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 15-2 Winnemucca Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards
• Table 15-3 Winnemucca Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 16-1 Fort McDermitt Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 16-2 Fort McDermitt Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks and Hazards

Figures

Figure 3-1 Community Locations and Land Ownership, Humboldt County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 3-2 Fire History and Critical Features Potentially At Risk, Humboldt County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 3-3 Approximate Locations of Multi-agency Greenstrip and Fuelbreak Projects For Humboldt County small | large | x-large
Figure 5-1 Denio Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 5-2 Denio Classification of Fuel Hazard small | large | x-large
Figure 6-1 Denio Junction Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 7-1 Golconda Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 8-1 Grass Valley Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 8-2 Grass Valley Classification of Fuel Hazard small | large | x-large
Figure 9-1 McDermitt Fire History and Suppression Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 10-1 Orovada Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 11-1 Paradise Ranchos (Paradise Hills) Fire History and Suppression Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 12-1 Paradise Valley Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 13-1 Quinn River Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 13-2 Quinn River Classification of Fuel Hazard small | large | x-large
Figure 14-1 Valmy Fire History and Suppression Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 15-1 Winnemucca Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Existing and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 15-2 Winnemucca Classification of Fuel Hazards small | large | x-large
Figure 16-1 Fort McDermitt Community infrastructure small | large | x-large
Figure 16-2 Fort McDermitt Upland/riparian Vegetation Map small | large | x-large
Figure 16-3 Fort McDermitt Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large