Echo Fire
The Echo Fire was reported on July 5, 2018 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 6,089 acres. It was declared out on July 28, 2018.
- Size
- 6,089 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2018
- Personnel
- 43
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.684, -115.071.
The incident
- Size
- 6,089 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 5, 2018 at 10:14 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 12, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 15, 2018 at 6:13 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 28, 2018 at 6:05 PM PDT
- Cause
- Unknown
- Location
- Fire is located approximately 25 miles south of Wells, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 43
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVEKD-010122
- IRWIN identifier
- 0B0F0F67-32AA-46EE-85C8-68B8CB5F3833
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spring Creek, 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 July 31, 2018 at 7:00 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVEKD-010122.