Shafter Fire
The Shafter Fire was reported on August 4, 2019 in Elko County, Nevada and burned 6,620 acres. It was declared out on August 29, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 6,620 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019
- Personnel
- 95
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.731, -114.561.
The incident
- Size
- 6,620 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 4, 2019 at 6:47 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 9, 2019 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Approximately 25 miles west of Wendover, NV
- County
- Elko County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 95
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $430,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVEKD-010202
- IRWIN identifier
- 63EEA353-E202-4764-B5C5-C1F9E70DD814
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for West Wendover, 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 10, 2019 at 10:59 AM PDT. Identifier 2019-NVEKD-010202.