Monroe Fire
The Monroe Fire was reported on August 16, 2016 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 11,220 acres. It was declared out on August 29, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 11,220 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 62
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.693, -117.899.
The incident
- Size
- 11,220 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016 at 6:39 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 19, 2016 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 19, 2016 at 5:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 29, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 62
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVWID-020168
- IRWIN identifier
- F194134A-C6FF-49AF-9338-EADCFF47FE07
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 15, 2016 at 1:49 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVWID-020168.