Horse Fire
The Horse Fire was reported on July 22, 2019 in Eureka County, Nevada and burned 1,479 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,479 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019
- Personnel
- 32
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.134, -116.440.
The incident
- Size
- 1,479 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019 at 3:28 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 23, 2019 at 3:24 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 23, 2019 at 6:51 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 3, 2019 at 11:14 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 35 miles NW of Eureka, NV
- County
- Eureka County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Eureka, NV
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 32
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $105,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVEKD-010138
- IRWIN identifier
- 407CEB1A-2CD1-4298-B131-73891E5C9972
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 November 6, 2019 at 2:21 PM PST. Identifier 2019-NVEKD-010138.