Limbo Fire
The Limbo Fire was reported on July 8, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 1,991 acres. It was declared out on July 10, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,991 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017
- Personnel
- 7
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.433, -119.332.
The incident
- Size
- 1,991 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 8, 2017 at 7:09 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 10, 2017 at 11:01 AM PDT
- Controlled
- July 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 17 mile south of Gerleck on HWY 447
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Gerleck
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $20,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020136
- IRWIN identifier
- E70E9C7F-1941-4992-A00D-C7C49350114B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Patton Village, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Patton Village, CA48 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Lovelock, NV49 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV57 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV58 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV61 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cold Springs, NV62 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 November 6, 2017 at 9:21 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020136.