Tule Fire
The Tule Fire was reported on July 28, 2016 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 36,142 acres. It was declared out on August 18, 2016. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 36,142 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.948, -119.724.
The incident
- Size
- 36,142 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2016 at 6:20 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 5, 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
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,100,200
- Part of
- Virginia Mountains Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVCCD-030399
- IRWIN identifier
- EB7908D0-C305-45B7-848D-391F9F90FF37
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spanish Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Spanish Springs, NV21 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV22 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Cold Springs, NV23 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV24 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Sparks, NV29 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-030399.