Alpha Fire
The Alpha Fire was reported on September 28, 2025 in Pershing County, Nevada and burned 349 acres. It was declared out on October 9, 2025. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 349 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 28, 2025
- Personnel
- 14
Map
Perimeter mapped October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM PDT, 349 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 40.825, -118.294.
The incident
- Size
- 349 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- September 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM PDT
- Contained
- September 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM PDT
- Controlled
- September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM PDT
- Declared out
- October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM PDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 22 Miles W from Winnemucca, NV
- County
- Pershing County
- State
- Nevada
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Personnel assigned
- 14
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $15,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-NVWID-020567
- IRWIN identifier
- D5E0C5C4-B66A-412A-87E8-B1FF5B5D2E1E
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Winnemucca, 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 October 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM PDT. Identifier 2025-NVWID-020567.