Pinto Fire
The Pinto Fire was reported on July 21, 2016 in White Pine County, Nevada and burned 1,912 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,912 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2016
- Personnel
- 69
Radar
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Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.477, -115.859.
The incident
- Size
- 1,912 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 21, 2016 at 12:11 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 30, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 15 miles SE of Eureka
- County
- White Pine County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Ely
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 69
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVELD-040087
- IRWIN identifier
- AA08CF63-8C6B-4697-B7CF-174D04CB7BA0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Eureka, 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 August 7, 2016 at 12:16 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVELD-040087.