Jackpot Fire
The Jackpot Fire was reported on August 6, 2016 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 1,700 acres. It was declared out on August 20, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2016
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.741, -119.952.
The incident
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2016 at 8:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2016 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2016 at 11:52 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 20, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Reno,Nv.
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $180,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVCCD-030444
- IRWIN identifier
- 27687124-ECF1-44E5-81D8-A3E86DF04DEB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cold Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cold Springs, NV4 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV9 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Verdi, NV16 miles south 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 November 7, 2016 at 10:16 AM PST. Identifier 2016-NVCCD-030444.