Area 19 Fire
The Area 19 Fire was reported on July 28, 2018 in Nye County, Nevada and burned 3,200 acres. It was declared out on August 9, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.229, -116.239.
The incident
- Size
- 3,200 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 28, 2018 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- August 9, 2018 at 8:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- Nevada National Security Site
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Mercury
- Protecting agency
- NNSA
- Jurisdiction
- NNSA
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVNTE-580334
- IRWIN identifier
- 9A54B933-7150-40A0-952D-216A3636F4B3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Beatty, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Beatty, NV36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NV60 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Pahrump, NV72 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Death Valley, CA75 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tonopah, NV79 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Summerlin South, NV92 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
Nevada wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 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 September 26, 2018 at 6:09 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVNTE-580334.