Yellow Peak Fire
The Yellow Peak Fire was reported on June 26, 2024 in Washoe County, Nevada and burned 1,262 acres. It was declared out on July 8, 2024.
- Size
- 1,262 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2024
- Personnel
- 29
Map
Perimeter mapped July 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM PDT, 1,261 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 41.822, -119.570.
The incident
- Size
- 1,262 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- June 26, 2024 at 10:52 AM PDT
- Contained
- July 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM PDT
- Controlled
- July 8, 2024 at 2:05 PM PDT
- Declared out
- July 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM PDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 25 miles southeast of Adel in the Yellow peak area.
- County
- Washoe County
- State
- Nevada
- Nearest city reported
- Adel
- Protecting agency
- FWS
- Jurisdiction
- FWS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFWS
- Personnel assigned
- 29
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Tall Grass (2.5 feet)
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,500,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-ORSHR-240169
- IRWIN identifier
- 2FC40E6C-5CB5-4815-B8D5-DF602D407CDD
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Cedarville, CA covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 July 26, 2024 at 9:48 AM PDT. Identifier 2024-ORSHR-240169.