Red Springs Fire
The Red Springs Fire was reported on June 20, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 4,598 acres. It was declared out on July 19, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,598 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.510, -115.756.
The incident
- Size
- 4,598 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2017 at 1:57 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 26, 2017 at 9:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 27, 2017 at 6:57 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 19, 2017 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 5 miles NW of Jiggs, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Jiggs
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010076
- IRWIN identifier
- 0E291A05-3691-4653-AC52-EC2C212993A2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spring Creek, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 May 22, 2018 at 7:29 AM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010076.