Summer Fire
The Summer Fire was reported on July 14, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,246 acres. It was declared out on July 27, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,246 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017
- Personnel
- 33
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.322, -114.846.
The incident
- Size
- 1,246 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 14, 2017 at 2:31 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 16, 2017 at 7:10 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 17, 2017 at 5:14 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 27, 2017 at 4:32 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 10 miles north of Wells, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Wells, NV
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 33
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $130,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVNNS-010218
- IRWIN identifier
- ED6BA710-A006-4E07-8D04-A091DDF3CD27
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wells, NV16 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Jackpot, NV47 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV56 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- West Wendover, NV57 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Wendover, UT58 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV59 miles southwest 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 February 6, 2019 at 8:46 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVNNS-010218.