Limerick Fire
The Limerick Fire was reported on July 3, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 14,592 acres. It was declared out on July 27, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 14,592 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.335, -118.271.
The incident
- Size
- 14,592 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 3, 2017 at 5:59 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 11, 2017 at 4:48 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 17, 2017 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 27, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 12 miles NE of Lovelock, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Lovelock
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,850,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020121
- IRWIN identifier
- F1B7BDB5-0095-405B-BCC3-435F718EFF26
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV52 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV65 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV72 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV73 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV81 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 August 27, 2017 at 10:36 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020121.