Davis Fire
The Davis Fire was reported on September 7, 2024 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 5,824 acres. It was declared out on December 3, 2024.
- Size
- 5,824 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2024
- Personnel
- 2
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeter mapped September 13, 2024 at 8:00 AM PDT, 5,824 acres (digitized-other). Point of origin 39.305, -119.828.
The incident
- Size
- 5,824 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 7, 2024 at 2:19 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- October 3, 2024 at 12:00 PM PDT
- Declared out
- December 3, 2024 at 11:15 AM PST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- The fire is 1 mile south of Reno, burning south of SR 431 and west of I -580.
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Reno
- Protecting agency
- C&L
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 1 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $12,636,726
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-NVTMFX-031010
- IRWIN identifier
- 98194093-088B-4C62-AA32-9C215853F039
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from September 7, 2024 (1,081 acres) to September 17, 2024 (5,824 acres). The largest one-day growth was 3,638 acres, mapped September 8, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 7, 2024 | 1,081 | |
| September 8, 2024 | 4,719 | +3,638 |
| September 9, 2024 | 5,561 | +842 |
| September 10, 2024 | 5,646 | +85 |
| September 11, 2024 | 5,792 | +146 |
| September 12, 2024 | 5,784 | -8 |
| September 13, 2024 | 5,496 | -288 |
| September 14, 2024 | 5,496 | 0 |
| September 15, 2024 | 5,824 | +328 |
| September 17, 2024 | 5,824 | 0 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Incline Village, NV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Incline Village, NV9 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Carson City, NV10 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Kings Beach, CA12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Tahoe Vista, CA13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Dayton, NV13 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Indian Hills, NV15 miles south 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 May 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM PDT. Identifier 2024-NVTMFX-031010.