2026 Elko County, Nevada Wildfires
Newest wildfires in Elko County
Largest wildfires in Elko County this season
All 2026 Elko County Fires · 20 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.
| Fire | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney | Jul 27, 2026 | 0% | Inactive | 20,985 | 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 |
| Jones Fire | Oct 6, 2026 | 100% | Active | 1,657 | 41.0052, -115.2077 | 40.0254, -115.1981 |
| 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 |
| Robinson Fire | Oct 6, 2026 | — | Active | 134 | 40.4449, -115.9363 | 40.4173, -115.9810 |
| 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 20 | Active Fires 3 | Acres Burning 2,750 | 2026 Season Acres 49,246 |
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.
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.
Burn severity · Elko County 2026
Burned acres in Elko County for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.