Prater Fire
The Prater Fire was reported on August 6, 2017 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 2,816 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,816 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.543, -119.696.
The incident
- Size
- 2,816 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 6, 2017 at 3:14 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 10, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- East side of City of Sparks, Nevada
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Sparks, Nv.
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- City
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $150,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVSPKX-030505
- IRWIN identifier
- 22259FA2-2B06-4055-9A89-0A700B0C70F8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Sparks, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Sparks, NV3 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Sun Valley, NV6 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Reno, NV6 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV7 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV10 miles northwest 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 December 1, 2022 at 10:59 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVSPKX-030505.