Phoenix Fire
The Phoenix Fire was reported on July 23, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 6,965 acres. It was declared out on August 5, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,965 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2017
- Personnel
- 120
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.363, -117.437.
The incident
- Size
- 6,965 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 23, 2017 at 5:09 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 24, 2017 at 6:07 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 25, 2017 at 5:03 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 5, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 47 miles southeast of Winnemucca, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 120
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020181
- IRWIN identifier
- 23D93B17-EB87-42CE-974F-B24B6D61FDE8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battle Mountain, 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 February 2, 2018 at 10:33 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020181.