Valmy Fire
The Valmy Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Humboldt County, Nevada and burned 5,462 acres. It was declared out on September 10, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,462 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 14
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.971, -117.112.
The incident
- Size
- 5,462 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 9:26 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 30, 2017 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 31, 2017 at 2:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 9 miles northeast of Valmy, NV
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 14
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020297
- IRWIN identifier
- 5E9A2240-499D-44C5-8A66-81441635FAC0
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 November 3, 2017 at 3:23 PM PDT. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020297.