Vista Fire
The Vista Fire was reported on August 29, 2017 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 5,991 acres. It was declared out on September 10, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 5,991 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.064, -118.109.
The incident
- Size
- 5,991 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 29, 2017 at 6:38 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 31, 2017 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 31, 2017 at 6:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 10, 2017 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 miles east of Lovelock, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVWID-020291
- IRWIN identifier
- B7DDAEBB-4787-4D14-AF0E-AACBA0BEAFF9
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV54 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV66 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV68 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV74 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV74 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 2, 2018 at 10:36 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVWID-020291.