Rocky Fire
The Rocky Fire was reported on June 23, 2018 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 1,617 acres. It was declared out on July 4, 2018. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,617 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2018
- Personnel
- 9
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.407, -118.260.
The incident
- Size
- 1,617 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 23, 2018 at 7:17 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 25, 2018 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 25, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 4, 2018 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 25 miles NE of Lovelock, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 9
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $60,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVPERX-020152
- IRWIN identifier
- 81D70BD6-187B-44C5-8A55-294D505F8C1A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV19 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Winnemucca, NV48 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV70 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Battle Mountain, NV72 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV76 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV85 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
Nevada wildfires today Wildfires of 2018 All current fires
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 4, 2018 at 6:10 PM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVPERX-020152.