Poodle Fire
The Poodle Fire was reported on August 12, 2020 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 13,606 acres. It was declared out on September 1, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 13,606 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2020
- Personnel
- 156
Map
Perimeter mapped May 4, 2021 at 3:51 PM PDT, 13,606 acres (infrared image). Point of origin 40.839, -119.667.
The incident
- Size
- 13,606 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 12, 2020 at 3:16 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 18, 2020 at 3:30 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 22, 2020 at 10:28 AM PDT
- Declared out
- September 1, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 20 miles NW of Gerlach, NV
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Gerlach, NV
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 156
- Incident management
- Type 2 Team
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,200,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVWID-020215
- IRWIN identifier
- 8944C2E9-D7DD-4DD2-9A82-55E61B28B780
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cedarville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Cedarville, CA54 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Johnstonville, CA58 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Janesville, CA59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Susanville, CA59 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alturas, CA64 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Lovelock, NV78 miles southeast 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 September 21, 2020 at 9:07 AM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVWID-020215.