A wildfire began in the Elko, Nevada area on July 25, 2026, creating a fire hazard for homes in the region.
Overview written from official NASA EONET and National Interagency Fire Center/IRWIN data.
- Type
- Wildfires
- Official size
- 3,300 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Cause
- Natural
- Began
- Status
- Ongoing
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NASA EONET (Elko, Nevada), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Elko, Nevada · ≈ 4.9 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
Official size & containment
Official incident size and containment reported through NIFC / IRWIN, as we observed it. Newest first.
- 3,300 acres ±0 100% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 98% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 98% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 98% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 70% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 70% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 70% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 70% contained
Show 9 earlier observations
- 3,300 acres ±0 50% contained
- 3,300 acres ±0 35% contained
- 3,300 acres +135 15% contained
- 3,165 acres ±0 0% contained
- 3,165 acres ±0 0% contained
- 3,165 acres +2 0% contained
- 3,163 acres −1,337 0% contained
- 4,500 acres ±0 0% contained
- 4,500 acres 0% contained
Shown as reported by our sources — not an official product. For current advisories and the authoritative map, see NASA EONET ↗.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS LKN
Area Forecast Discussion
Afternoon and evening thunderstorms through midweek may produce moderate to heavy rain, with debris flow risk on recently burned areas.
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 223 AM PDT Mon Aug 24 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
* Subtropical moisture will help to fuel afternoon and evening thunderstorms through the middle of next week
* Some showers and thunderstorms could produce brief moderate to heavy rain with the main threat of debris flows on recently burned areas
* Cooling trend continues today as mid-level moisture and increasing cloud cover continues its northward trajectory
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.DISCUSSION... (Today through next Monday)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW:
One more afternoon and evening of unrestricted monsoonal flow will continue to bring shower and thunderstorm chances for the Silver State, but High pressure shifting west from the plains looks to first limit, then cutoff moisture flow. Monday afternoon and evening there will again be a 20% to 50% chance of isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms, but these chances drop to 10% to 20% Tuesday, then rise a bit to 10% to 30% Wednesday afternoon and evening. Storm chances look to drop below 10% Thursday into the weekend, the main reason will be the subtropical high pressure ridge now over the southern plains build…
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