Wood Canyon Fire
The Wood Canyon Fire was reported on August 13, 2019 in Churchill County, Nevada and burned 1,212 acres. It was declared out on August 27, 2019. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,212 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2019
- Personnel
- 27
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 39.749, -118.205.
The incident
- Size
- 1,212 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 13, 2019 at 12:58 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 20, 2019 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 27, 2019 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- In the Stillwater Mountains 75 miles south of Winnemucca, 100 miles east of Reno
- County
- Churchill County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 27
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $600,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-NVCCD-030543
- IRWIN identifier
- BF4C99A2-B88D-499E-BC61-BBDA06FF6D58
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Lovelock, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Lovelock, NV33 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Fallon, NV36 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Fernley, NV57 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Silver Springs, NV59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Stagecoach, NV67 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Yerington, NV73 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
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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 September 18, 2019 at 1:53 PM PDT. Identifier 2019-NVCCD-030543.