Area-16 Fire
The Area-16 Fire was reported on July 27, 2020 in Nye County, Nevada and burned 3,130 acres. It was declared out on September 21, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 3,130 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2020
- Personnel
- 55
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.010, -116.080.
The incident
- Size
- 3,130 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2020 at 10:20 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 28, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 21, 2020 at 9:20 AM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- DOE Test Site
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- NNSA
- Jurisdiction
- NNSA
- Land ownership at origin
- DOE
- Personnel assigned
- 55
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $250,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVNTE-500966
- IRWIN identifier
- 8740D826-4C23-464F-92CC-F60CBC691204
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Indian Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Indian Springs, NV38 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Beatty, NV38 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Pahrump, NV56 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NV56 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Death Valley, CA67 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Summerlin South, NV74 miles southeast 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 October 6, 2021 at 2:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVNTE-500966.