Mill Creek Fire
The Mill Creek Fire was reported on August 16, 2016 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 2,095 acres. It was declared out on August 27, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,095 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 19
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.818, -118.044.
The incident
- Size
- 2,095 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016 at 7:40 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 17, 2016 at 12:01 AM PDT
- Controlled
- August 17, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 19
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVWID-020171
- IRWIN identifier
- 2E85BC58-5C4A-40DF-9D3A-5692AB2E9CAA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnemucca, NV covers the area today.
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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 23, 2016 at 12:14 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVWID-020171.