Oil Well Fire
The Oil Well Fire was reported on July 17, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 7,467 acres. It was declared out on August 9, 2017. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 7,467 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2017
- Personnel
- 75
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.908, -115.777.
The incident
- Size
- 7,467 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 17, 2017 at 1:31 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 20, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 9, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- East of Elko, NV along I-80 near Osino
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Osino, NV
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 75
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVNNS-010234
- IRWIN identifier
- 811F4396-D64A-47E8-8188-785A6D166203
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Elko, 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 April 30, 2018 at 9:51 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVNNS-010234.