Southern Bench Fire
The Southern Bench Fire was reported on August 25, 2021 in Nye County, Nevada and burned 21,000 acres. It was declared out on September 29, 2021. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 21,000 acres
- Contained
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2021
Map
Perimeter mapped October 12, 2021 at 10:18 AM PDT, 20,339 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.270, -116.198.
The incident
- Size
- 21,000 acres
- Containment
- 0%
- Discovered
- August 25, 2021 at 3:21 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 29, 2021 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- September 29, 2021 at 3:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural, Lightning
- Location
- Southern Bench, Nye County
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- NNSA
- Jurisdiction
- NNSA
- Land ownership at origin
- DOE
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-NVNTE-501337
- IRWIN identifier
- A144853E-A720-410F-B666-4E1B1DCDA556
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Beatty, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Beatty, NV40 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Alamo, NV57 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Pahrump, NV74 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Tonopah, NV79 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Death Valley, CA79 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Summerlin South, NV93 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 February 28, 2022 at 11:51 AM PST. Identifier 2021-NVNTE-501337.