Sheep Creek Fire
The Sheep Creek Fire was reported on August 18, 2018 in Lander County, Nevada and burned 59,742 acres. It was declared out on September 12, 2018.
- Size
- 59,742 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2018
- Personnel
- 16
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.773, -116.842.
The incident
- Size
- 59,742 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 18, 2018 at 2:01 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 26, 2018 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 12, 2018 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 miles north of Battle Mountain
- County
- Lander County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Battle Mountain, NV
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 16
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2018-NVLANX-010307
- IRWIN identifier
- 564863E1-D2F8-4447-A4D4-050AFBB2CA82
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Battle Mountain, 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 August 24, 2023 at 11:43 AM PDT. Identifier 2018-NVLANX-010307.