Monarch Fire
The Monarch Fire was reported on June 24, 2020 in Douglas County, Nevada and burned 2,500 acres. It was declared out on July 8, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2020
- Personnel
- 2
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:51 PM PDT, 2,324 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 38.878, -119.563.
The incident
- Size
- 2,500 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 24, 2020 at 12:41 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 29, 2020 at 6:52 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 1, 2020 at 1:42 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 8, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 3 miles south of Sierra Spirit Ranch
- County
- Douglas County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Gardnerville
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BIA
- Land ownership at origin
- BIA
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVCCD-030333
- IRWIN identifier
- 651D1262-F9C3-41E9-AF32-72EE7C99E245
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carter Springs, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carter Springs, NV4 miles west of the fire’s origin
- East Valley, NV9 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville Ranchos, NV10 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Topaz Ranch Estates, NV10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Gardnerville, NV11 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Minden, NV12 miles northwest 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 July 23, 2020 at 2:04 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVCCD-030333.