Carico Fire
The Carico Fire was reported on July 26, 2016 in Lander County, Nevada and burned 4,390 acres. It was declared out on August 12, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 4,390 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016
- Personnel
- 126
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.123, -116.961.
The incident
- Size
- 4,390 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 26, 2016 at 2:36 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 28, 2016 at 12:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 12, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Lander County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Battle Mountain
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 126
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $650,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVBMD-020124
- IRWIN identifier
- E5F85C19-1148-4F00-BD72-2F5290911D3A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battle Mountain, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Battle Mountain, NV36 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Carlin, NV61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV71 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV80 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lovelock, NV80 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV83 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 13, 2016 at 1:29 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVBMD-020124.