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Wildfire season in Nevada, United States
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2020 Nevada wildfires
Numbers Fire burning in the Pine Nut Mountains
Date(s)June 2020 –
2020 Western U.S. wildfires
Multiple wildfires burning near the Pacific coast of the U.S. on September 9, 2020
Affected states
Background
Largest wildfire by state
  • Arizona - Bush (193,455 acres)
  • California - August Complex (1,032,648 acres)
  • Colorado - Cameron Peak (208,913 acres)
  • Nevada - Meadow Valley (59,265 acres)
  • New Mexico - Cub (25,950 acres)
  • Oregon - Santiam (402,274 acres)
  • Utah - East Fork (89,765 acres)
  • Washington - Pearl Hill (223,730 acres)

The 2020 Nevada wildfire season began in June 2020. The season is a part of the 2020 Western United States wildfire season.

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name County Acres Start date Containment date Notes Ref
Brown White Pine County 8,268 June 24 99% contained as of July 9 Portion of the town of Lund was evacuated
Monarch Douglas County 2,324 June 25 97% contained as of July 7 Lightning strike
Twin Lincoln County 25,110 June 25 July 14 Portion burning in the South Pahroc Range Wilderness
Miller Lincoln County 4,519 June 26 90% contained as of July 9 Lightning strike
Poeville Reno, Washoe County 2,975 June 26 July 6 Led to evacuation of portions of the City of Reno.
Mahogany Spring Mountains National Recreation Area 2,758 June 28 July 7 Visible from portions of Las Vegas
Numbers Douglas County 18,342 July 6 July 14 3 homes and 37 outbuildings destroyed. Caused by a truck with mechanical issues.
Meadow Valley Lincoln County 59,265 July 7 95% contained as of July 21 Human-caused
Bishop Lincoln County 13,008 July 29 August 11 Human-caused

References

  1. "Brown Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. "Monarch Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. "Twin Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  4. "Miller Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  5. "Poeville Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  6. "Mahogany Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  7. "Numbers Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  8. "Meadow Valley Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  9. "Bishop Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". InciWeb. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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