White Horse Fire
The White Horse Fire was reported on July 7, 2017 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 2,625 acres. It was declared out on July 11, 2017. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,625 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2017
- Personnel
- 10
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.312, -114.320.
The incident
- Size
- 2,625 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 7, 2017 at 5:07 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 11, 2017 at 1:35 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 11, 2017 at 4:20 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 11, 2017 at 12:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- US-93 ALT near White Horse Pass
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 10
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $340,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2017-NVEKD-010175
- IRWIN identifier
- 5878CB20-0CD4-46EE-99E9-4ADD6DCC83A3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for West Wendover, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- West Wendover, NV32 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wendover, UT33 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Wells, NV65 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- McGill, NV67 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV72 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Ely, NV80 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 6, 2019 at 8:04 AM PST. Identifier 2017-NVEKD-010175.