Sheep Canyon Fire
The Sheep Canyon Fire was reported on July 22, 2019 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 1,632 acres. It was declared out on August 3, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,632 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019
- Personnel
- 45
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 40.575, -117.512.
The incident
- Size
- 1,632 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 22, 2019 at 10:34 PM PDT
- Contained
- July 23, 2019 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 24, 2019 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 3, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 37 miles south of WInnemucca NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Winnemucca
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 45
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $80,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVWID-020185
- IRWIN identifier
- BDF99ECF-D313-47D2-A3D1-87089AF8452B
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnemucca, 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 August 5, 2019 at 1:50 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-NVWID-020185.