Cornucopia Fire
The Cornucopia Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,559 acres. It was declared out on July 27, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,559 acres
- Contained
- 25%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 73
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.558, -116.449.
The incident
- Size
- 1,559 acres
- Containment
- 25%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 7:29 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 27, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 43 miles north of Midas, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Tuscarora, NV
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 73
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $90,000
- Part of
- Four Seasons Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010221
- IRWIN identifier
- 26A99F6E-75AC-4BC9-B6D4-1D926C8F8B81
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Owyhee, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Owyhee, NV32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Carlin, NV61 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV62 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV68 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV73 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV78 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 February 7, 2020 at 3:02 PM PST. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010221.