Bishop Fire
The Bishop Fire was reported on July 29, 2020 in Lincoln County, Nevada and burned 13,008 acres. It was declared out on September 2, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 13,008 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2020
- Personnel
- 165
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM PDT, 13,009 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.362, -114.604.
The incident
- Size
- 13,008 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 29, 2020 at 12:20 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 16, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 2, 2020 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- 17 miles south of Caliente, Nevada
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Caliente, NV.
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 165
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $5,843,038
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVELD-040114
- IRWIN identifier
- 2FC80777-5FAF-4D34-A266-0E7AC7D7D558
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Caliente, 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 January 13, 2021 at 8:33 AM PST. Identifier 2020-NVELD-040114.