Hunter Fire
The Hunter Fire was reported on October 14, 2019 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 1,495 acres. It was declared out on October 21, 2019. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,495 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 14, 2019
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.897, -116.097.
The incident
- Size
- 1,495 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- October 14, 2019 at 11:24 AM PDT
- Contained
- October 15, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 17, 2019 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 21, 2019 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- 15 Miles North of Carlin, Nevada in the Mud Springs Mountain Range
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $100,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVEKD-010345
- IRWIN identifier
- 65A3609E-E52A-4FA9-AAA8-CB2B56A007EF
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carlin, 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 October 24, 2019 at 8:31 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-NVEKD-010345.