2026 Elko County, Nevada Wildfires

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1 Active Fires
959 Acres Burning Slightly larger than Central Park
18 2026 Season Fires ▲ +2 (+13%) vs same period last year
38,470 2026 Season Acres ▼ -336,226 (-90%) vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Elko County

Aug 26 Started 75 acres 58 football fields Sun Fire
Aug 25 Started 959 acres Slightly larger than Central Park California Creek Fire
Aug 25 Started 455 acres 350 football fields 54% the size of Central Park Bull Run Fire
Aug 24 Started 667 acres Slightly smaller than Central Park Forleen Fire
Aug 24 Started 11,384 acres Slightly smaller than Manhattan 2.2x the size of JFK Airport Oxley Fire
Aug 24 Started 7 acres 5 football fields Hill #4 Fire

Largest wildfires in Elko County this season

12,000 Acres 9.9x the size of Lincoln Park Slightly smaller than Manhattan Chimney
11,384 Acres Slightly smaller than Manhattan 2.2x the size of JFK Airport Oxley Fire Wells
6,282 Acres Slightly larger than JFK Airport 5.2x the size of Lincoln Park Antelope Creek Fire Carlin
3,300 Acres 3.9x the size of Central Park 63% the size of JFK Airport Secret Pass Fire Wells
1,326 Acres About the size of Lincoln Park 18 Mile Fire Jackpot
959 Acres Slightly larger than Central Park California Creek Fire Owyhee

All 2026 Elko County Fires · 18 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Elko County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Elko County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Elko County is listed too, at its Elko County acres, and is not added to the Elko County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Elko County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Chimney Jul 27, 2026 0% Inactive 12,000 41.4604, -116.9110 41.4323, -116.9845
Oxley Fire Aug 24, 2026 100% Inactive 11,384 41.2218, -114.9366 41.1440, -114.9542
Antelope Creek Fire Aug 2, 2026 75% Inactive 6,282 41.0696, -116.5014 41.1080, -116.5628
Secret Pass Fire Jul 26, 2026 98% Inactive 3,300 40.8979, -115.2386 40.8155, -115.1984
18 Mile Fire Jul 13, 2026 0% Inactive 1,326 41.5447, -114.2700 41.5288, -114.1733
California Creek Fire Aug 25, 2026 40% Active 959 41.8310, -115.9164 40.8260, -115.9376
Jim Mtn Fire Jul 9, 2026 70% Inactive 725 41.4967, -114.1292 41.5122, -114.1452
Forleen Fire Aug 24, 2026 100% Inactive 667 41.4482, -115.0399 41.3599, -115.1059
Egberts Fire May 25, 2026 98% Inactive 654 40.9625, -115.0488 40.9655, -115.0565
Bull Run Fire Aug 25, 2026 50% Inactive 455 41.6481, -116.2040 41.6339, -116.2404
Master Fire Aug 24, 2026 95% Inactive 446 41.1155, -115.1937 41.0857, -115.2199
Pinion Fire Jul 9, 2026 — Inactive 150 40.4584, -115.9794 40.7171, -115.7280
Sun Fire Aug 26, 2026 — Inactive 75 40.6171, -115.6444 40.5667, -115.6058
Pearl Canyon Fire Aug 22, 2026 — Inactive 30 40.3044, -115.6945 40.2386, -115.6249
North Wells Fire Jun 25, 2026 — Inactive 9 41.1587, -114.9182 41.1216, -114.9323
Hill #4 Fire Aug 24, 2026 — Inactive 7 40.1795, -115.7918 40.1786, -115.7924
Metro Fire Jul 19, 2026 — Inactive 1 41.2569, -115.0019 41.2548, -114.9987
Highway Fire Jun 2, 2026 — Inactive 0 40.7722, -116.1463 40.9102, -116.2813
Totals 2026 Season Fires 18 Active Fires 1 Acres Burning 959 2026 Season Acres 38,470

Land cover · Elko County 2026

Burned acres in Elko County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Elko County % of burned % of Elko County
Forest 1,111 2.3% 9.0%
Range (shrubland) 29,961 63.4% 72.3%
Grassland 15,926 33.7% 16.7%
Other 284 0.6% 2.1%
Measured acres in Elko County 47,281 — —
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Elko County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Chimney 12,000 20,982 26 12,206 8,528 222 0
Oxley Fire 11,384 11,385 434 7,086 3,809 56 0
Antelope Creek Fire 6,282 6,272 0 4,742 1,529 0 0
Secret Pass Fire 3,300 3,120 490 1,772 857 1 0
18 Mile Fire 1,326 1,326 72 892 363 0 0
California Creek Fire 959 960 0 583 377 0 0
Jim Mtn Fire 725 726 38 672 16 0 0
Forleen Fire 667 667 35 553 78 0 0
Egberts Fire 654 655 3 633 19 0 0
Bull Run Fire 455 454 11 415 24 4 0
Master Fire 446 445 0 168 278 0 0
Pinion Fire 150 164 0 153 11 0 0
Sun Fire 75 78 2 50 27 0 0
Pearl Canyon Fire 30 28 0 27 1 0 0
North Wells Fire 9 10 0 2 7 0 0
Hill #4 Fire 7 7 0 5 1 0 0
Metro Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Highway Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 18 38,470
Offered to measurement 18 38,470
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with cells 18 38,470
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Elko County 0 0
Measured acres in Elko County 18 47,281
Measured acres outside Elko County — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 47,281
Reported minus measured — -8,811
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Elko County 2026

Burned forest acres in Elko County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Elko County % of burned forest % of Elko County's forestland
Public 148 13.3% 81.1%
Federal 148 13.3% 81.0%
State 0 0.0% 0.1%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 1.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 1.0%
Private 588 53.0% 17.9%
Family 119 10.8% 12.3%
Corporate 469 42.2% 5.6%
TIMO/REIT 0 0.0% 0.0%
Other private 0 0.0% 0.0%
Ownership not modeled 375 33.7% —
Burned forest in Elko County 1,111 — —
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Elko County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Secret Pass Fire 490 8 0 0 0 445 36
Oxley Fire 434 67 0 0 0 97 270
18 Mile Fire 72 48 0 0 0 18 6
Jim Mtn Fire 38 15 0 0 0 22 2
Forleen Fire 35 10 0 0 0 4 21
Chimney 26 0 0 0 0 0 25
Bull Run Fire 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
Egberts Fire 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
Sun Fire 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hill #4 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 4,994 1,111
Land cover Forest cells 4,994 1,111
Equal 4,994

Search Fires

🔥 California Creek Fire Active 2026
Started: Aug 25 959 acre 40% contained
Near Owyhee · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Sun Fire 2026
Started: Aug 26 75 acre
Near Spring Creek · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Bull Run Fire 2026
Started: Aug 25 455 acre 50% contained
Near Owyhee · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Forleen Fire 2026
Started: Aug 24 667 acre 100% contained
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Oxley Fire 2026
Started: Aug 24 11,384 acre 100% contained
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Hill #4 Fire 2026
Started: Aug 24 7 acre
Near Spring Creek · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Master Fire 2026
Started: Aug 24 446 acre 95% contained
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Pearl Canyon Fire 2026
Started: Aug 22 30 acre
Near Spring Creek · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Antelope Creek Fire 2026
Started: Aug 2 6,282 acre 75% contained
Near Carlin · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Chimney 2026
Started: Jul 27 12,000 acre 0% contained
Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Secret Pass Fire 2026
Started: Jul 26 3,300 acre 98% contained
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Metro Fire 2026
Started: Jul 19 1 acre
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 18 Mile Fire 2026
Started: Jul 13 1,326 acre 0% contained
Near Jackpot · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Jim Mtn Fire 2026
Started: Jul 9 725 acre 70% contained
Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Pinion Fire 2026
Started: Jul 9 150 acre
Near Carlin · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 North Wells Fire 2026
Started: Jun 25 9 acre
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Highway Fire 2026
Started: Jun 2 0 acre
Near Carlin · Elko County, Nevada
🔥 Egberts Fire 2026
Started: May 25 654 acre 98% contained
Near Wells · Elko County, Nevada