Tohakum 2 Fire
The Tohakum 2 Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 94,221 acres. It was declared out on September 15, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 94,221 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.273, -119.464.
The incident
- Size
- 94,221 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 7:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 11, 2017 at 6:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 15, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 40 miles north of Nixon, Nv.
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BIA
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,456,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWNA-030654
- IRWIN identifier
- E5FDC18C-AF74-4CAB-8039-7E4070F5D0F0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Patton Village, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Patton Village, CA38 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Spanish Springs, NV45 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV47 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lemmon Valley, NV48 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Cold Springs, NV49 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Golden Valley, NV49 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 April 21, 2022 at 12:18 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWNA-030654.