Sand Pass Fire
The Sand Pass Fire was reported on August 16, 2016 in Humboldt County, Nevada and burned 1,130 acres. It was declared out on August 28, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,130 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 79
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.113, -117.755.
The incident
- Size
- 1,130 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 16, 2016 at 8:16 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 17, 2016 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 18, 2016 at 1:40 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 28, 2016 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 79
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $50,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVWID-020174
- IRWIN identifier
- 56ECA319-290A-435C-8BE4-6051E97952AA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnemucca, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 April 12, 2018 at 11:55 AM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVWID-020174.