Table of Contents

Report

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Project Background
  • 1.2 Communities 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 Cherry Creek
  • 5.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 5.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 6.0 Baker
  • 6.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 6.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 7.0 Blue Diamond (Ward Mountain)
  • 7.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 7.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 8.0 Cold Creek
  • 8.1 Cold Creek Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 8.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 9.0 Ely
  • 9.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 9.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 10.0 Goshute
  • 10.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 10.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 11.0 Lackawanna
  • 11.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 11.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 12.0 Lund
  • 12.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 12.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 13.0 McGill
  • 13.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 13.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 14.0 Pleasant Valley
  • 14.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 14.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 15.0 Preston
  • 15.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 15.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 16.0 Ruth
  • 16.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 16.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 17.0 Great Basin National Park
  • 17.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 17.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 18.0 Shoshone
  • 18.1 Shoshone Hazard and Risk Reduction
  • 18.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 19.0 Strawberry
  • 19.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 19.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
• 20.0 White Pine County Risk/Hazard Assessment Conclusions
• 21.0 References

Appendices

• Appendix A - Glossary of Terms Used in Wildfire Management and Scientific Plant Names
• Appendix B - Community Wildfire Assessment Rating System
• Appendix C - Photos of Representative Fuel Types
• Appendix D - List of Persons Contacted
• Appendix E - Homeowner Guidelines
• Appendix F - Firesafe Community Recommendations For Planning New Developments

Tables

• Table 1-1 White Pine County Community Risk and Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 2-1 Primary Datasets and Sources Utilized in the White Pine County Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment
• Table 2-2 Community Hazard Rating System Utilized in the Nevada Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment Project
• Table 3-1 Land Management Acreage Within White Pine County
• Table 3-2 Summary of Fire Occurrence and Estimated Acreage, 1980-2003
• Table 3-3 Historical Places At Risk in White Pine County
• Table 3-4 Federal and State Listed Flora and Fauna At Risk in White Pine County
• Table 4-1 White Pine County Risk/Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 4-2 Mutual Aid State and Federal Wildfire Suppression Resources Available to White Pine County Communities
• Table 5-1 Steptoe/cherry Creek Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 5-2 Cherry Creek Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 5-3 Cherry Creek Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 6-1 Baker Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 6-2 Baker Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 6-3 Baker Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 7-1 Blue Diamond (Ward Mountain) Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 7-2 Blue Diamond (Ward Mountain) Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 8-1 Cold Creek Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 8-2 Cold Creek Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 9-1 Ely Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 9-2 Ely Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 10-1 Goshute Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 10-2 Goshute Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 10-3 Goshute Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 11-1 Lackawanna Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 11-2 Lackawanna Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 11-3 Lackawanna Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 12-1 Lund Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 12-2 Lund Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 12-3 Lund Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 13-1 McGill Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 13-2 McGill Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 14-1 Pleasant Valley Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 14-2 Pleasant Valley Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 15-1 Preston Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 15-2 Preston Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 15-3 Preston Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 16-1 Ruth Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 16-2 Ruth Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 17-1 Great Basin National Park Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 18-1 Shoshone Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 18-2 Shoshone Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 19-2 Strawberry Risk/Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations

Figures

Figure 3-1 Community Locations and Land Ownership, White Pine County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 3-2 Fire History and Critical Features Potentially At Risk, White Pine County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 5-1 Cherry Creek Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 5-2 Cherry Creek Fuel Hazard Classification small | large | x-large
Figure 5-4 Blm Proposed Mitigation Projects For the Cherry Creek Wildland-urban interface small | large | x-large
Figure 6-1 Baker Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 7-1 Blue Diamond (Ward Mountain) Fire History and Completed Mitigation Project small | large | x-large
Figure 8-1 Cold Creek Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 9-1 Ely Previously Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 9-2 Ely Municipal Watershed, Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 9-3 Ely Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 10-1 Goshute Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 11-1 Lackawanna Fire History and Suppression Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 12-1 Lund Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 13-1 McGill Fire History, Suppression Capabilities, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 14-1 Pleasant Valley Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 15-1 Preston Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 16-1 Ruth Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 17-1 Great Basin National Park Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 18-1 Shoshone Fire History small | large | x-large
Figure 19-1 Strawberry Fire History small | large | x-large