Poker Brown Fire
The Poker Brown Fire was reported on June 19, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 15,540 acres. It was declared out on June 26, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 15,540 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2017
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.558, -118.521.
The incident
- Size
- 15,540 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 19, 2017 at 8:14 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 21, 2017 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- June 21, 2017 at 5:10 PM PDT
- Declared out
- June 26, 2017 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 26 miles North of Lovelock, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Lovelock, NV
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $135,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020075
- IRWIN identifier
- D0A99E21-A1D1-4B36-A9F5-156870B9A2D4
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV26 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV50 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV76 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV76 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV83 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV87 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 November 8, 2017 at 10:54 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020075.