Big Summit Fire
The Big Summit Fire was reported on July 13, 2020 in Lincoln County, Nevada and burned 8,461 acres. It was declared out on August 10, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 8,461 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2020
- Personnel
- 253
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 8,461 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 37.889, -114.111.
The incident
- Size
- 8,461 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 13, 2020 at 10:53 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 22, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 10, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- 17 miles Northeast of Panaca, Nevada.
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Panaca, Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 253
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $6,970,252
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVELD-040078
- IRWIN identifier
- 7E703AC0-72A0-45E1-A5D8-82F66ABC82BA
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Panaca, 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 12, 2020 at 3:44 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVELD-040078.