Dune Fire
The Dune Fire was reported on August 8, 2017 in Humboldt County, Nevada and burned 9,873 acres. It was declared out on August 19, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,873 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 97
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.111, -118.089.
The incident
- Size
- 9,873 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 8, 2017 at 1:21 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 9, 2017 at 12:01 AM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2017 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 19, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 20 miles northwest of Winnemucca, NV
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 97
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020249
- IRWIN identifier
- 8B9A7F82-BB2F-446F-8CDF-6875CA1532AF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnemucca, 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 27, 2017 at 2:16 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020249.