Cottonwood Fire
The Cottonwood Fire was reported on July 20, 2020 in Clark County, Nevada and burned 2,817 acres. It was declared out on August 14, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,817 acres
- Contained
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2020
- Personnel
- 20
Map
Perimeter mapped July 21, 2020 at 12:30 PM PDT, 2,817 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 35.945, -115.446.
The incident
- Size
- 2,817 acres
- Containment
- 98%
- Discovered
- July 20, 2020 at 8:53 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 29, 2020 at 4:47 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 13, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Potosi Mountain
- County
- Clark County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Las Vegas
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 20
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $450,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVHTF-500917
- IRWIN identifier
- 6CB38B09-11A5-477A-9C23-7C5E98E649D7
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Enterprise, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Enterprise, NV13 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Summerlin South, NV14 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Sandy Valley, NV14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Spring Valley, NV16 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Paradise, NV20 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Winchester, NV22 miles northeast 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 August 17, 2020 at 11:28 AM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVHTF-500917.