Flat Fire
The Flat Fire was reported on August 21, 2020 in White Pine County, Nevada and burned 2,616 acres. It was declared out on September 9, 2020. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 2,616 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2020
- Personnel
- 11
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 2,620 acres (gps-flight). Point of origin 40.061, -114.415.
The incident
- Size
- 2,616 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 21, 2020 at 1:12 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 9, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 9, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Human, Other Human Cause
- Location
- 52 Miles NE of Ely,NV.
- County
- White Pine County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Ely
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 11
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $475,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVELD-040141
- IRWIN identifier
- EB1169FB-EF7F-4335-86B2-677C654384EC
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for McGill, 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 8:43 AM PST. Identifier 2020-NVELD-040141.