Pole Creek Fire
The Pole Creek Fire was reported on July 30, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 6,536 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,536 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2017
- Personnel
- 141
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.255, -115.333.
The incident
- Size
- 6,536 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 30, 2017 at 2:10 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 2, 2017 at 6:13 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 4, 2017 at 11:26 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 20 miles NE of Wells, Nevada
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 141
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $415,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010305
- IRWIN identifier
- 82099DA8-314A-4289-BB48-63B24A81B8E3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wells, NV22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV37 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV39 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Carlin, NV55 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Jackpot, NV61 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- West Wendover, NV75 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 1:07 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010305.