Table of Contents

Report

• Executive Summary
• 1.0 Introduction
  • 1.1 Project Background
  • 1.2 Communities 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 Economic Commodities Potentially At Risk
  • 3.5 Previous Fire Hazard Reduction Projects
• 4.0 County-Wide Assessment Results
  • 4.1 County-Wide Risk and Hazard Assessment Overview
• 5.0 Beowawe
  • 5.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 5.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 5.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 6.0 Crescent Valley
  • 6.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 6.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 6.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 7.0 Diamond Valley
  • 7.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 7.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 7.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 8.0 Dunphy
  • 8.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 8.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 8.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 9.0 Eureka
  • 9.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 9.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 9.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 10.0 Grass Valley
  • 10.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 10.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 10.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 11.0 Palisade
  • 11.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 11.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 11.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 12.0 Pine Valley
  • 12.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 12.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 12.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 13.0 Pioneer Pass
  • 13.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment
  • 13.2 Risk and Hazard Reduction Recommendations
  • 13.3 Summary of Recommendations
• 14.0 Conclusions
• 15.0 References

Appendices

• Appendix A - Glossary of Wildland Fire Terms
• Appendix B - Community Wildfire Assessment Rating System
• Appendix C - Photographs of Representative Fuel Types
• Appendix D - List of Persons Contacted
• Appendix E - Homeowner Guidelines
• Appendix F - Community Guidelines

Tables

• Table 1-1 Community Risk and Hazard Assessment Results
• Table 2-1 Primary Datasets and Sources Utilized in the Eureka County Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment
• Table 2-2 Community Hazard Ratings Utilized in the Nevada Community Wildfire Risk/Hazard Assessment
• Table 3-1 Land Management Acreage Within Eureka County
• Table 3-2 Summary of Fire History Data 1980-2003
• Table 3-3 Federal and State Listed Flora and Fauna At Risk in Eureka County
• Table 4-1 Assessment Results Summary
• Table 4-2 Eureka County Wildfire Suppression Resources, Cooperating Partners, and Available Equipment
• Table 5-1 Beowawe Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 5-2 Beowawe Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 5-3 Beowawe Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 6-1 Crescent Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 6-2 Crescent Valley Risk and Hazard Priority Recommendations
• Table 6-3 Crescent Valley Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 7-1 Diamond Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 7-2 Diamond Valley Risk and Hazard Priority Recommendations
• Table 7-3 Diamond Valley Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 8-1 Dunphy Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 8-2 Dunphy Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 8-3 Dunphy Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 9-1 Eureka Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 9-2 Eureka Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 9-3 Eureka Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 10-1 Grass Valley Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 11-1 Wildfire Suppression Resources Available For Initial Response Near Palisade
• Table 11-2 Palisade Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 11-3 Palisade Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary
• Table 12-1 Pine Valley Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 12-2 Pine Valley Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 13-1 Pioneer Pass Wildfire Suppression Resources
• Table 13-2 Pioneer Pass Risk and Hazard Reduction Priority Recommendations
• Table 13-3 Pioneer Pass Wildfire Hazard Rating Summary

Figures

Figure 3-1 Community Locations and Land Ownership, Eureka County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 3-2 Gnition History, Fire History, and Potentially At Risk Resources, Eureka County, Nevada small | large | x-large
Figure 5-1 Beowawe Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Proposed Mitigation Treatments small | large | x-large
Figure 6-1 Crescent Valley Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Critical Features small | large | x-large
Figure 6-2 Crescent Valley Blm Proposed Treatment Areas small | large | x-large
Figure 7-1 Diamond Valley Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Completed Mitigation Treatments small | large | x-large
Figure 7-2 Diamond Valley Blm Proposed Treatment Areas small | large | x-large
Figure 8-1 Dunphy Fire History and Suppression Resources small | large | x-large
Figure 9-1 Eureka Fire History, Suppression Resources, Critical Features, Completed and Priority Mitigation Treatment Areas small | large | x-large
Figure 9-2 Eureka Fuel Hazard Classification small | large | x-large
Figure 9-4 Eureka North Blm Proposed Treatment Areas small | large | x-large
Figure 9-5 Eureka South Blm Proposed Treatment Areas small | large | x-large
Figure 10-1 Grass Valley/gund Ranch Fire History and Completed Mitigation Treatments small | large | x-large
Figure 11-1 Palisade Fire History and Proposed Mitigation Projects small | large | x-large
Figure 12-1 Pine Valley Fire History, Suppression Resources, and Completed Mitigation Treatments small | large | x-large
Figure 13-1 Pioneer Pass Fire History and Completed Mitigation Treatments small | large | x-large