Wally Fire
The Wally Fire was reported on July 16, 2016 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,762 acres. It was declared out on July 26, 2016. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,762 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2016
- Personnel
- 3
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 41.072, -114.542.
The incident
- Size
- 1,762 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 16, 2016 at 12:42 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 20, 2016 at 9:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 21, 2016 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Oasis
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $592,226
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-NVEKD-010107
- IRWIN identifier
- 7E464BCC-CA23-4175-B3AC-E8B7676B3220
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, 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 August 15, 2018 at 1:48 PM PDT. Identifier 2016-NVEKD-010107.