Poodle Fire
The Poodle Fire was reported on July 30, 2016 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 6,557 acres. It was declared out on August 19, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,557 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2016
- Personnel
- 75
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.810, -119.648.
The incident
- Size
- 6,557 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2016 at 12:17 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2016 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2016 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 19, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Gerlach
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 75
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVWID-020131
- IRWIN identifier
- 4261AFD9-4233-427E-B658-4731FD43AC17
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Patton Village, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Patton Village, CA53 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA57 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Janesville, CA58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Susanville, CA59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA66 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lovelock, NV76 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Nevada wildfires today Wildfires of 2016 All current fires
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 14, 2016 at 10:55 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVWID-020131.