Goshute Cave Fire
The Goshute Cave Fire was reported on August 13, 2018 in White Pine County, Nevada and burned 32,215 acres. It was declared out on October 26, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 32,215 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2018
- Personnel
- 1
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.063, -114.846.
The incident
- Size
- 32,215 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2018 at 2:59 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 11, 2018 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 18, 2018 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 26, 2018 at 10:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 55 miles North of Ely, NV in the Cherry Creek Range
- County
- White Pine County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Ely
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 1
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVELD-040203
- IRWIN identifier
- 653512DF-1207-40C6-BA2D-AABF907E2D16
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for McGill, 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 October 26, 2018 at 9:10 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVELD-040203.