Goose Fire
The Goose Fire was reported on August 4, 2019 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 6,843 acres. It was declared out on August 28, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,843 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019
- Personnel
- 85
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 41.937, -114.166.
The incident
- Size
- 6,843 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019 at 5:23 PM MDT
- Contained
- August 10, 2019 at 7:30 PM MDT
- Controlled
- August 14, 2019 at 2:56 PM MDT
- Declared out
- August 28, 2019 at 3:00 PM MDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Approximately 25 miles east of Jackpot, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 85
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVEKD-010193
- IRWIN identifier
- 752972FF-230A-496F-B3E4-1436EA33C0C2
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Oakley, ID 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 October 10, 2019 at 3:21 PM MDT. Identifier 2019-NVEKD-010193.