Pilot Valley Fire
The Pilot Valley Fire was reported on August 12, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 2,532 acres. It was declared out on October 18, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,532 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2017
- Personnel
- 175
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.098, -114.090.
The incident
- Size
- 2,532 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2017 at 5:09 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 14, 2017 at 6:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2017 at 4:50 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 18, 2017 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 Miles North of West Wendover, Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Personnel assigned
- 175
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVNNS-010367
- IRWIN identifier
- FE3040F9-FFCE-48D5-972B-752CBDE03E04
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for West Wendover, 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 October 18, 2017 at 11:23 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVNNS-010367.