Taft Fire
The Taft Fire was reported on May 10, 2020 in White Pine County, Nevada and burned 1,118 acres. It was declared out on June 19, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,118 acres
- Contained
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 10, 2020
- Personnel
- 8
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 8:13 AM PDT, 1,118 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 39.340, -114.530.
The incident
- Size
- 1,118 acres
- Containment
- 95%
- Discovered
- May 10, 2020 at 5:25 PM PDT
- Contained
- June 10, 2020 at 5:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- June 17, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- June 19, 2020 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- 22 NE of Ely Spring Valley
- County
- White Pine County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Ely
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 8
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Brush (2 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $700,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVHTF-040023
- IRWIN identifier
- 065C99E4-5FC2-4097-8D7D-BB3CA6396302
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 June 24, 2020 at 2:35 PM PDT. Identifier 2020-NVHTF-040023.