Cortez Fire
The Cortez Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Eureka County, Nevada and burned 1,832 acres. It was declared out on July 27, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,832 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.440, -116.283.
The incident
- Size
- 1,832 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 3:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 9, 2017 at 1:29 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 17, 2017 at 5:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 27, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Eureka County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010179
- IRWIN identifier
- 5BD64558-4B84-418F-8D3F-51C0ED9756F7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlin, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carlin, NV21 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV37 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV38 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV42 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wells, NV83 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV85 miles northwest 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 August 18, 2017 at 5:44 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010179.