Timber Mountain Fire
The Timber Mountain Fire was reported on July 27, 2020 in Nye County, Nevada and burned 4,840 acres. It was declared out on August 25, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 4,840 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2020
- Personnel
- 2
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.120, -116.476.
The incident
- Size
- 4,840 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- July 27, 2020 at 3:54 PM PDT
- Contained
- August 7, 2020 at 8:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- August 15, 2020 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- August 25, 2020 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Nevada Test and Training Range
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- USAF
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,300,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVSND-500971
- IRWIN identifier
- 08BCEF87-391E-4AC7-941D-EF63D9D3A6C3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Beatty, 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 27, 2021 at 12:24 PM PST. Identifier 2020-NVSND-500971.