Horseshoe Fire
The Horseshoe Fire was reported on June 28, 2016 in Churchill County, Nevada and burned 6,586 acres. It was declared out on July 14, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 6,586 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2016
- Personnel
- 111
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.788, -117.534.
The incident
- Size
- 6,586 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 2, 2016 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- July 14, 2016 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Churchill County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Austin, Nv.
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 111
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $840,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVCCD-030274
- IRWIN identifier
- 24153448-DC6E-44BE-820E-FD6E87F8DFEE
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 November 29, 2022 at 1:01 PM PST. Identifier 2016-NVCCD-030274.