Snowstorm Fire
The Snowstorm Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 154,456 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 154,456 acres
- Contained
- 13%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 142
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.372, -116.871.
The incident
- Size
- 154,456 acres
- Containment
- 13%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 6:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 25, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 4, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- within the Little Humboldt WSA zone
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 142
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $482,448
- Part of
- Four Seasons Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010220
- IRWIN identifier
- 38553146-FA6B-48DA-8866-EABA844107B8
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battle Mountain, NV covers the area today.
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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 February 10, 2022 at 10:52 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010220.