Trinity Fire
The Trinity Fire was reported on June 20, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 8,896 acres. It was declared out on July 22, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 8,896 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2017
- Personnel
- 36
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.454, -118.490.
The incident
- Size
- 8,896 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 20, 2017 at 12:55 AM PDT
- Contained
- June 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- June 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 22, 2017 at 8:22 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 58 miles southwest of Winnemucca, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Winnemucca
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 36
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020078
- IRWIN identifier
- D3022CC2-2FA2-4DA7-93A8-FC71E4AB59BF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV53 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV69 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV71 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV82 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV83 miles east 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 January 19, 2018 at 10:59 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020078.