Jayhawk Well Fire
The Jayhawk Well Fire was reported on August 9, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 2,227 acres. It was declared out on August 20, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,227 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.311, -119.229.
The incident
- Size
- 2,227 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 9, 2017 at 6:23 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2017 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 10, 2017 at 6:21 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 41 miles Northwest of Lovelock, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020259
- IRWIN identifier
- B72AB61F-9242-49E9-ADFD-EAC314401996
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV41 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV49 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV57 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV57 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Nevada wildfires today Wildfires of 2017 All current fires
Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated September 3, 2017 at 3:49 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020259.