Lincoln County, Nevada · Wildfire
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The Grapevine Fire is a wildfire near Lincoln County, Nevada. It has burned about 26,464 acres (about 20,000 football fields). Crews have it fully contained, with a line all the way around it. It was first reported about 5 weeks ago. About 11 people are on it, run by a Type 5 IC. We're also tracking 4 other active fires within about 75 miles.
The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, July 18th at 3:28 p.m. CDT.
Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.
A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.
This Afternoon
80°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 8 mph WSW · 28% chance of rain
Tonight
70°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms then Partly Cloudy
Wind 5 to 8 mph SSW · 33% chance of rain
Sunday
84°F · Mostly Sunny then Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 to 9 mph SSW · 29% chance of rain
Sunday Night
71°F · Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 8 mph S · 35% chance of rain
Monday
82°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind 6 to 9 mph S · 18% chance of rain
Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, July 18th at 3:31 p.m. CDT.
About 11 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Type 5 IC. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $26 million has been spent on it so far.
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