Road Fire
The Road Fire was reported on August 17, 2018 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,833 acres. It was declared out on September 18, 2018. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,833 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 17, 2018
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 41.251, -115.402.
The incident
- Size
- 1,833 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- August 17, 2018 at 2:05 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2018 at 4:04 PM PDT
- Controlled
- September 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 18, 2018 at 2:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVECFX-010297
- IRWIN identifier
- 14710C68-1025-4E76-9859-F313208749F5
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Wells, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Wells, NV25 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Elko, NV35 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Creek, NV37 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Carlin, NV52 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Jackpot, NV63 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- West Wendover, NV78 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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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 September 22, 2018 at 8:36 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVECFX-010297.