Piney Fire
The Piney Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,567 acres. It was declared out on October 13, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,567 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 63
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.986, -114.238.
The incident
- Size
- 1,567 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 1:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 31, 2017 at 5:52 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 1, 2017 at 3:36 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 13, 2017 at 12:20 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 miles east of Jackpot, Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 63
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $110,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVNNS-010430
- IRWIN identifier
- 63BA9EDE-2768-4DA1-B688-6A2EF60D9061
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jackpot, 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 6, 2019 at 9:28 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVNNS-010430.