Coal Fire
The Coal Fire was reported on August 30, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 2,877 acres. It was declared out on October 17, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,877 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2017
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.172, -115.731.
The incident
- Size
- 2,877 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM PDT
- Contained
- September 2, 2017 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 6, 2017 at 6:17 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 17, 2017 at 4:10 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 25 miles north of Elko, Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Chaparral (6 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $125,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010448
- IRWIN identifier
- 7A3D72E5-151D-400E-8334-B39BAA8C4186
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Osino, 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 April 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010448.