Table of Contents

Report

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Project Background
  • 1.2 Communities Assessed
  • 1.3 Communities Not Assessed
• 2.0 Description of the County
  • 2.1 Demographics, Location, topography, and Climatic Data
  • 2.2 Wildfire History
  • 2.3 Natural Resources and Critical Features Potentially At Risk
  • 2.4 Previous Fire Hazard Reduction Projects
• 3.0 Methodology
  • 3.1 Project Team
  • 3.2 Base Map Data Collection
  • 3.3 Community Risk/Hazard Assessment
  • 3.4 Interviews With Fire Personnel
  • 3.5 Recommendation Development
• 4.0 County-Wide Assessment Results
  • 4.1 County-Wide Hazard and Risk Assessment Overview
  • 4.2 County-Wide Recommendations
• 5.0 Grass Valley
  • 5.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 5.2 Risk Reduction Recommendations, Roles and Responsibilities
  • 5.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 6.0 Humboldt
  • 6.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 6.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles and Responsibilities
  • 6.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 7.0 Imlay
  • 7.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 7.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles and Responsibilities
  • 7.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 8.0 Lovelock
  • 8.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 8.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 8.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 9.0 Mill City
  • 9.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 9.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 9.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 10.0 Oreana
  • 10.1 Hazard and Risk Assessment
  • 10.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 10.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 11.0 Rye Patch
  • 11.1 Hazard and Risk Assessment
  • 11.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 11.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 12.0 Unionville
  • 12.1 Hazard and Risk Assessment
  • 12.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • 12.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 13.0 Pershing County Risk Assessment Conclusions
  • 13.1 Pershing County Risk Assessment Conclusions
• 14.0 References

Appendices

• Appendix A - Glossary of Terms
• Appendix B - List of Persons Contacted
• Appendix C - Photographs of Representative Fuel Types in Pershing County Communities
• Appendix D - Defensible Space Guidelines and Homeowner’s Annual Checklist
• Appendix E - Firebreaks Fact Sheet
• Appendix F - NDF’s Firesafe Community Recommendations For Planning New Developments
• Appendix G - Sample Burn Permit
• Appendix H - Russian Knapweed Fact Sheet
• Appendix I - Seed Mix and Planting Specifications
• Appendix J - Photo Points and Fuel Hazard Map For Unionville High and Extreme Fuel Hazard Areas

Tables

• Table 1-1 Community Risk and Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 2-1 Land Management Acreage Within Pershing County
• Table 2-2 Summary of Fire History Data (polygons) 1980-2003
• Table 4-1 Assessment Results Summary
• Table 4-2 Pershing County Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 4-3 Out-of-county Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 5-1 Grass Valley Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 5-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Grass Valley Area
• Table 5-3 Grass Valley Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 6-1 Humboldt Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 6-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Humboldt Area
• Table 6-3 Humboldt Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 7-1 Imlay Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 7-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Imlay Area
• Table 7-3 Imlay Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 8-1 Lovelock Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 8-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Lovelock Area
• Table 8-3 Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 9-1 Mill City Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 9-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Mill City Area
• Table 9-3 Mill City Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 10-1 Oreana Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 10-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Hazards in the Oreana Area
• Table 10-3 Oreana Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 11-1 Rye Patch Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 11-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Rye Patch Area
• Table 11-3 Rye Patch Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet
• Table 12-1 Unionville Wildfire Resources, Cooperating Partners and Equipment Available
• Table 12-2 Priority Recommendations to Reduce Wildfire Risks in the Unionville Area
• Table 12-3 Unionville Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Summary Sheet

Figures

Figure 2-1 Community Locations and Land Ownership, Pershing County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 2-2 Fire History, Ignition Risks and Potentially At-Risk Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 5-1 Suppression Resources and Fire History For the Community of Grass Valley small | large | x-large
Figure 6-1 Fire History For the Community of Humboldt small | large | x-large
Figure 7-1 Suppression Resources, Critical Community Features, and Fire History For the Community of Imlay small | large | x-large
Figure 8-1 Suppression Resources, Critical Community Features, and Fire History For the Community of Lovelock small | large | x-large
Figure 9-1 Fire History For the Community of Mill City small | large | x-large
Figure 10-1 Fire History For the Community of Oreana small | large | x-large
Figure 11-1 Suppression Resources and Fire History For the Community of Rye Patch small | large | x-large
Figure 12-1 Fire History and Mitigation Projects For the Community of Unionville small | large | x-large