Virgin Mountain Fire
The Virgin Mountain Fire was reported on September 21, 2020 in Clark County, Nevada and burned 1,624 acres. It was declared out on October 29, 2020. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 1,624 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 21, 2020
Map
Perimeter mapped September 21, 2020 at 5:00 PM PDT, 1,562 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 36.607, -114.062.
The incident
- Size
- 1,624 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 21, 2020 at 6:37 PM PDT
- Contained
- October 2, 2020 at 10:22 AM PDT
- Controlled
- October 6, 2020 at 10:33 AM PDT
- Declared out
- October 29, 2020 at 12:20 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- VIRGIN MOUNTAIN ISA, 15 MILES SOUTH OF MESQUITE, NV
- County
- Clark County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- MESQUITE
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,925,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2020-NVSND-501554
- IRWIN identifier
- 3F9BBD22-DEC9-428D-B8F4-10327F986FAB
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Bunkerville, 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 12:12 PM PST. Identifier 2020-NVSND-501554.