Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire was reported on September 12, 2017 in Eureka County, Nevada and burned 13,294 acres. It was declared out on September 27, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,294 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 12, 2017
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.258, -116.424.
The incident
- Size
- 13,294 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 12, 2017 at 6:29 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 16, 2017 at 6:52 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 17, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 Miles Southeast of Crescent Valley, Nevada
- County
- Eureka County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010482
- IRWIN identifier
- A3C3037A-F3C6-4BED-BE37-4B06B4162D3E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlin, 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 11:31 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010482.