Sage Fire
The Sage Fire was reported on July 28, 2016 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 4,238 acres. It was declared out on August 18, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,238 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.020, -119.928.
The incident
- Size
- 4,238 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016 at 7:24 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
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Part of
- Virginia Mountains Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVCCD-030406
- IRWIN identifier
- EBB9101D-B439-4E92-A784-34BB1B5DE029
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Doyle, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Doyle, CA9 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Cold Springs, NV24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV27 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV28 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV28 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV30 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 February 11, 2020 at 10:25 AM PST. Identifier 2016-NVCCD-030406.