Reno County Fire
The Reno County Fire was reported on March 5, 2017 in Reno County, Kansas and burned 6,000 acres. It is 70 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Contained
- 70%
- Discovered
- March 5, 2017
- Personnel
- 17
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 38.101, -97.860.
The incident
- Size
- 6,000 acres
- Containment
- 70%
- Discovered
- March 5, 2017 at 1:05 PM CST
- Cause
- Human
- County
- Reno County
- State
- Kansas
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 17
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-KSRNX-000266
- IRWIN identifier
- B62CA75D-B14B-4C5D-B792-6F0D0D7A443A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Hutchinson, KS 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 March 9, 2017 at 4:34 PM CST. Identifier 2017-KSRNX-000266.