Tungsten Fire
The Tungsten Fire was reported on August 27, 2017 in Churchill County, Nevada and burned 16,755 acres. It was declared out on September 20, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 16,755 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2017
- Personnel
- 3
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.752, -117.710.
The incident
- Size
- 16,755 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 27, 2017 at 3:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 9, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 20, 2017 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 60 miles NE of Fallon, Nv.
- County
- Churchill County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 3
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Closed Timber Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,113,070
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVCCD-030637
- IRWIN identifier
- 3F9A94DD-7104-4594-90C9-AACA2CBE0568
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV 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 May 22, 2019 at 4:46 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVCCD-030637.