Emigrant Fire
The Emigrant Fire was reported on June 27, 2018 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,525 acres. It was fully contained on June 29, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,525 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2018
- Personnel
- 24
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.677, -116.105.
The incident
- Size
- 1,525 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 27, 2018 at 3:49 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 29, 2018 at 7:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 1, 2018 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Fire is located 2 miles south of Carlin, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 24
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $160,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVEKD-010097
- IRWIN identifier
- 6C4D5CA4-A48D-4357-8909-038550C00A00
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlin, 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 May 18, 2021 at 2:09 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVEKD-010097.