Owl Creek Fire
The Owl Creek Fire was reported on August 30, 2018 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,070 acres. It was declared out on October 5, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,070 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2018
- Personnel
- 60
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.657, -115.518.
The incident
- Size
- 1,070 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- August 30, 2018 at 7:52 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 11, 2018 at 6:22 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 5, 2018 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 10 Miles SE of Elko, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Elko, NV
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- C&L
- Personnel assigned
- 60
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,050,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVECFX-010340
- IRWIN identifier
- 35D6C722-D264-46CA-8FCF-6932CA9C9963
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Spring Creek, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 13, 2018 at 2:56 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVECFX-010340.