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 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 Fuel Hazard Reduction Projects
• 4.0 County-Wide Assessment Results
  • 4.1 County-Wide Hazard and Risk Assessment Overview
• 5.0 Altamira Farms
  • 5.1 Altamira Farms Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 5.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 6.0 Austin
  • 6.1 Austin Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 6.2 Fuel Reduction Treatments in Progress
  • 6.3 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 7.0 Battle Mountain
  • 7.1 Battle Mountain Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 7.2 Fuel Reduction Treatments in Progress
  • 7.3 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 8.0 Battle Mountain Colony
  • 8.1 Battle Mountain Colony Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 8.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 9.0 Carico Valley
  • 9.1 Carico Valley Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 9.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 10.0 Gilman Springs
  • 10.1 Gilman Springs Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 10.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 11.0 Grass Valley
  • 11.1 Grass Valley Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 11.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 12.0 Hilltop
  • 12.1 Hilltop Hazard and Risk Reduction
  • 12.2 Fuel Reduction Treatments in Progress
  • 12.3 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 13.0 Kingston
  • 13.1 Kingston Hazard and Risk Reduction
  • 13.2 Fuel Reduction Treatments in Progress
  • 13.3 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 14.0 Smoky Valley
  • 14.1 Smoky Valley Hazard and Risk Reduction
  • 14.2 Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 15.0 Conclusions
  • 15.1 Lander County Risk Assessment Conclusions
• 16.0 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 Lander County Communities
• Appendix D - List of Persons Contacted
• Appendix E - Homeowner Guidelines

Tables

• Table 1-1 Community Risk and Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 2-1 Primary Datasets and Sources Utilized in the Lander 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 Lander County
• Table 3-2 Summary of Available Fire History Data 1980-2003
• Table 3-3 Federal and State Listed Flora and Fauna At Risk in Lander County
• Table 4-1 Assessment Results Summary
• Table 4-2 Lander County Wildfire Suppression Resources, Cooperating Partners and Available Equipment
• Table 5-1 Altamira Farms Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 5-2 Altamira Farms Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 6-1 Suppression Resources Available to Austin For Initial Attack of A Wildland Fire
• Table 6-2 Austin Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 6-3 Austin Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 7-1 Battle Mountain Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 7-2 Battle Mountain Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 7-3 Battle Mountain Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 8-1 Battle Mountain Colony Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 8-2 Battle Mountain Colony Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 8-3 Battle Mountain Colony Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 9-1 Wildfire Suppression Resources Available For Initial Response to A Wildland Fire Call in Carico Valley
• Table 9-2 Carico Valley Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 10-1 Gilman Springs Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 10-2 Gilman Springs Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 10-3 Gilman Springs Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 11-1 Grass Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 11-2 Grass Valley Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 12-1 Hilltop Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 12-2 Hilltop Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 12-3 Hilltop Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 13-1 Kingston Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 13-2 Kingston Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 13-3 Kingston Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 14-1 Smoky Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 14-2 Smoky Valley Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations

Figures

Figure 3-1 Community Locations and Land Ownership, Lander County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 3-2 Ignition History, Fire History, and Critical Features Potentially At Risk, Lander County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 5-1 Altamira Farms Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 6-1 Austin Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 6-2 Austin Fuel Hazard Classification small | large | x-large
Figure 6-3 Austin Blm Planned Fuel Reduction Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 7-1 Battle Mountain Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 7-2 Battle Mountain Blm Assessment Area and Proposed interpretive Trail/firebreak Alternative small | large | x-large
Figure 7-3 Battle Mountain Blm Proposed Fuel Reduction Treatment Alternatives small | large | x-large
Figure 8-1 Battle Mountain Colony Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 9-1 Carico Valley Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 10-1 Gilman Springs Community small | large | x-large
Figure 11-1 Grass Valley Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 11-2 Grass Valley Fuel Hazard Classification small | large | x-large
Figure 12-1 Hilltop Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 13-1 Kingston Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 13-2 Kingston Fuel Hazard Classification small | large | x-large
Figure 13-4 Kingston Blm Planned Fuel Reduction Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 14-1 Smoky Valley Fire History small | large | x-large