Grass Valley Fire
The Grass Valley Fire was reported on July 17, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 11,581 acres. It was declared out on August 1, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 11,581 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2017
- Personnel
- 46
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.706, -117.697.
The incident
- Size
- 11,581 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2017 at 4:46 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 22, 2017 at 4:50 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 1, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 16 miles south of Winnemucca, NV.
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 46
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,448,664
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020172
- IRWIN identifier
- 39310846-14B9-473F-A663-31D973D9AB2E
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 October 11, 2017 at 5:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020172.