Happy Creek Fire
The Happy Creek Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Humboldt County, Nevada and burned 1,552 acres. It was declared out on July 10, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,552 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 44
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.524, -118.419.
The incident
- Size
- 1,552 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 9:15 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 10, 2017 at 3:07 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 10, 2017 at 7:47 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 10, 2017 at 8:19 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 40 mile SE of Orvada near milepost 28, Hwy 140
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Orvada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 44
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020140
- IRWIN identifier
- 075C59FD-109B-4DBE-897C-E7AEB2C3E905
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 November 6, 2017 at 10:09 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020140.