Rock Hill Fire
The Rock Hill Fire was reported on August 20, 2016 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 1,738 acres. It was declared out on September 7, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,738 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2016
- Personnel
- 143
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.669, -117.852.
The incident
- Size
- 1,738 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 20, 2016 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 24, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 7, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 143
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $360,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVWID-020190
- IRWIN identifier
- 0EE5AF8B-40A1-461D-A15F-F91F9FC6D274
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 13, 2018 at 2:55 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVWID-020190.