Rock Fire
The Rock Fire was reported on July 28, 2016 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 2,293 acres. It was declared out on August 18, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,293 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016
- Personnel
- 12
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.865, -119.902.
The incident
- Size
- 2,293 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016 at 6:32 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 31, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 7, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 18, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Reno, Nv.
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 12
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVCCD-030401
- IRWIN identifier
- 4BAAA7E1-7BC0-4C01-8647-9ECB6549117F
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, NV13 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV18 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV20 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Reno, NV24 miles south 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 November 29, 2022 at 1:45 PM PST. Identifier 2016-NVCCD-030401.