Murphy Complex Fire
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The Murphy Complex Fire was a 2007 wildfire
which included acreage upon the Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls and Jarbidge Districts of Idaho
, Bureau of Land Management Elko District of Nevada
, and Forest Service Mountain City and Jarbidge Districts of Nevada. It covered approximately 652016 acres (2,638.6 km²) of land. By acreage, it was the 3rd largest wildfire in the United States between 1997-2007.
Wildfire
A wildfire is any uncontrolled fire in combustible vegetation that occurs in the countryside or a wilderness area. Other names such as brush fire, bushfire, forest fire, desert fire, grass fire, hill fire, squirrel fire, vegetation fire, veldfire, and wilkjjofire may be used to describe the same...
which included acreage upon the Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls and Jarbidge Districts of Idaho
Idaho
Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....
, Bureau of Land Management Elko District of Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, and Forest Service Mountain City and Jarbidge Districts of Nevada. It covered approximately 652016 acres (2,638.6 km²) of land. By acreage, it was the 3rd largest wildfire in the United States between 1997-2007.