Buffalo Fire
The Buffalo Fire was reported on July 6, 2019 in Humboldt County, Nevada and burned 6,298 acres. It was declared out on July 19, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,298 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2019
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.696, -117.368.
The incident
- Size
- 6,298 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 6, 2019 at 9:30 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 8, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 9, 2019 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 30 Miles Southeast of Winnemucca
- County
- Humboldt County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Winnemucca
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $240,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVWID-020135
- IRWIN identifier
- 169D6993-FD9C-4E72-AB3D-ED752F19FC8E
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 July 25, 2019 at 10:27 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-NVWID-020135.